When Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani) meets Omar (Ramzy Bedia), it's love at first sight, and at first their relationship goes really well, they get married, and ... eventually he shows his other face, one that proves he also has a violent streak. At first it's just a slap, for which he apologizes profousely, but soon it's more than just slaps and the apologies fade away, give way to victim blaming. Zohra wants to leave him - but then learns she's pregnant. Fast forward 6 years, and Zohra still lives with Omar and their little daughter Zina (Lina Hachani). Omar still hasn't changed - but he has also proven to be a very good father, and thus should Zohra divorce him, she figures she'd lose her daughter in a custody battle. So she suffers his abuse in silence - but then she meets Chang (Tien Shue), the substitute janitor at her daughter's gym, who seems to be somewhat sympathetic to her cause despite not speaking a word of France, and who knows a thing or two about kung fu ... and seems just like one of the characters of the kung fu movies Zohra loves so much. So she accepts a night job at the gym, and secretly he trains her in kung fu during these hours, giving her not only the confidence but also the skills to take her life back. But it takes its while until Zohra, after many false starts, has the courage to challenge Omar to a fight over signing their divorce papers ...

Now to blend a domestic abuse drama with a kung fu comedy isn't what one might call the most obvious genre mix - and Kung Fu Zohra makes a pretty cool job of it. Now of course, the film's not always subtle when it comes to humour, at times over-simplifies things or drives its point home too hard, be it through repetition or otherwise. But at the same time, the film has a very nice flow to it, and at its best moments its purely hilarious. And the final fight is not only well-made, it's also whacky enough to be great fun whether you're into martial arts or not.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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