Desc: Big Little Women: Directed by Nadia Fares. With Nadia Fares, Nawal El Saadawi, Nouran Salah, Amina Alhalawany. Three generations of women rebel against patriarchal prohibitions. In this cinematic letter, Swiss-Egyptian film director Nadia Fares pays tribute to her father as she recounts 75 years of women's struggles both in Egypt, her father's country, and in Switzerland, her mother's country, where she grew up. She explores the impact of patriarchal traditions in the East and the West, revealing them as mirror images.