Completed - ARABIC - Drama, Social issues - 113 minutes
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Amjad AL RASHEED Writer(s) : Amjad AL RASHEED, Rula NASSER, Delphine AGUT Cast : Mouna HAWA, Haitham OMARI, Yumna MARWAN, Salwa NAKKARA, Mohammad AL JIZAW, Eslam AL-AWADI, Seleena RABABAH, Haitham ALOMARI, Siranoush SULTANIAN, Serene HULEILEH Producer(s) : Rula NASSER (The Imaginarium Films), Aseel ABU AYYASH (The Imaginarium Films), Youssef ABDELNABI (Bayt Al shawareb), Raphaël ALEXANDRE (Georges Films), Nicolas LEPRÊTRE (Georges Films)
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan’s Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.
Country(ies) : JORDAN, FRANCE, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR, EGYPT
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Cannes 2023 (Winner - Gan Foundation Award, Label Europa Cinemas Award)Toronto - TIFF 2023 (Official Selection)AFI FEST 2023 (Official Selection)Karlovy Vary 2023 (Official Selection)BFI London FF 2023 (Official Selection)