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Completed - ARABIC - Drama - 120 minutes

Log Line

While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.




Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Nadine LABAKI
 Producer(s) : Khaled MOUZANAR (Mooz Films)

Synopsis

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

Production

Country(ies) : LEBANON

Distributors More info with Europa distribution

AUSTRALIA MADMAN ENTERTAI
BELGIUM Feb 20, 2019 SOONER / UNIVER
CANADA Feb 01, 2019 MÉTROPOLE FILMS
CANADA MONGREL MEDIA I
CHINA ROAD PICTURES C
CZECH REPU FILM EUROPE (CZ
FRANCE Oct 17, 2018 FRANCE VISION S
GERMANY ALAMODE FILMDIS
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
HUNGARY MOZINET LTD.
ICELAND Mar 11, 2019 HEIMILI KVIKMYN
INDIA IMPACT FILMS
JAPAN KINO INTERNATIO
JAPAN KINOSHITA GROUP
KOREA (Sou GREEN NARAE MED
LITHUANIA KINO PAVASARIS
NORWAY ARTHAUS
POLAND Feb 22, 2019 GUTEK FILM LTD
SINGAPORE Jan 25, 2019 ANTICIPATE PICT
SLOVAKIA FILM EUROPE (SL
SPAIN Feb 15, 2019 CARAMEL FILMS S
SWITZERLAN FILMCOOPI ZURIC
TAIWAN SWALLOW WINGS F
UNITED KIN Feb 01, 2019 PICTUREHOUSE CI
USA Dec 14, 2018 FILM FORUM


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Festivals and Awards

Cannes 2018 (Jury Prize)
Cesar 2019
Baftas 2019
Golden globes 2019
Oscars 2019


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