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BROOKS, MEADOWS AND LOVELY FACES (AL MA' WAL KHODRA WAL WAGH EL HASSAN)
DISTR Theatrical, SWITZERLAND
 
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Completed - ARABIC - Comedy, Drama, Social issues - 115 minutes

Log Line

You don’t need politics to make a political film… Love, pleasure, beauty and food are serious enough.

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Yousry NASRALLAH
Writer(s) : Yousry NASRALLAH
Cast : Menna SHALABY, Bassem SAMRA, Laila ELOUI

Producer(s) : Ahmad EL SOBKY (Al Sobky Films For Cinema Productions)

Synopsis

Yehia is a chef who manages with his two sons, Refaat, a passionnate cook, and the womanizer Galal, a catering company for weddings and other celebrations. Karima, Yehia’s niece, is promised to Refaat, but Refaat loves Shadia, without knowing that Karima loves also someone else but waits the right moment to reveal her secret. During a peasant wedding catered by Yehia and his sons, Farid and his rich wife offer to buy their business. In front of Yehia’s refusal, the offer turns into a threat.

Production

Country(ies) : EGYPT

EGYPT Sep 07, 2016 EL SOBKY FILMS
SWITZERLAN CINÉMATHÈQUE SU
USA Sep 07, 2016 MUBI, INC

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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016 Contemporary World Cinema
Busan - BIFF/APM 2016 World Cinema
Locarno 2016


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