BarbieNew film Greta Gerwig based on famous Mattel toys featuring Margot Robbie AND Ryan Gosling (our review here) is a huge success at the worldwide box office. However, not the entire globe evaluates it in the same way. Algeria effectively decided to ban it three weeks after its release in the Muslim-majority North African country. The Ministry of Culture has asked cinemas to film the Hollywood blockbuster immediately.
The film promotes homosexuality and does not respect the religious and cultural beliefs of Algeria, an official source told Reuters.
The film was officially banned for “moral injury”, This is reported by the 24H Algérie website, adding that since its release, the halls have been sold out at almost every show. Barbie in fact, over 40,000 people have already watched it in the North African nation.
Algeria seems to be following in the footsteps of some Arab countries such as Kuwaitwhich he decided to ban Barbie Bye “threaten morality, habits and customs and religious values.” Abbas mortadaMinister of Culture Lebanonthe country where the film will arrive on 31 August has demanded censorship of the film.
It goes against the moral and religious values of the country, encouraging perversion and gender transformation, calling for the rejection of patriarchal guardianship and ridiculing the role of mothers,” Abas Mortada said, citing L’Orient-Le Jour newspaper.
Barbie was sent Greta Gerwig who signed the script co-written with her husband and famous director Noah Baumbach. In addition to the aforementioned main characters, the film’s cast consists of Will Ferrell, Connor Swindells, Nicholas Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, America Ferrara, Kingsley Ben Adir, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney, Ana Cruz Kane, Ritu Arya, Jamie Demetriou, Emma McKee, Dua Lipa, Issa Ray, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Sim Liu, Scott Evans, John Cena AND Nkuti Gatwa.
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