Caroline Fourest

Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria to fight alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yezidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women-fighters heal their past wounds and discover their present strength, especially the fear they inspire in their opponents. The three young women soon bound together and become true sisters-in-arms.

Born in Ukraine in 2008 in the wake of the "Orange Revolution," the feminist movement Femen fights for democracy, freedom of the press, women's rights, and against corruption, prostitution, sexism, racism, poverty, and religion. The activists quickly caught the attention of the media with their shocking protests. In 2012, at the creation of Femen France, Caroline Fourest followed their actions. They notably affirmed their support for "Marriage for All" by protesting on November 18, 2012, during the demonstration organized by the Civitas Institute against the bill, provoking sharp clashes.

Yesterday he was a traditionalist Catholic activist, a royalist, a permanent member of Philippe de Villiers' Mouvement pour la France, a scout leader, a future monk at the monastery of Le Barroux, and a petitioner against the gay bar down the street. Today he is gay and proud of it, involved in the fight against AIDS, pro-choice sympathizer and even Sister of Perpetual Indulgence (a movement of gay activists dressing up as nuns classified as heretical by Pope John Paul II). After a confusing beginning, the film plunges you into the heart of a long and passionate confession during which Sister Innocenta comes back on these years of extreme right-wing militancy to finally open up and assume herself as a gay man.

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