Completed - ARABIC - Black comedy, Social issues, Drama - 110 minutes
Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged sisters are forced to cometogether to find their suddenly-missing father. Only they are at their wits end.
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Zaid ABU HAMDAN Writer(s) : Zaid ABU HAMDAN Cast : Saba MUBARAK, Farah BSAISO, Hanan HILO, Mariam AL BASHA Producer(s) : Aya WUHOUSH (PAN EAST MEDIA), Saba MUBARAK (Pan East Media)
In a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Amman, single and middle-aged Zainab lives adreary existence as a local seamstress and her father’s keeper. After her fatheraccidentally sees her in a wedding dress she is altering for her cousin – Zainab wakesup and finds her father missing – a man who gave reason for her existence.Zainab must now reunite with her three estranged sisters at the old family home tofigure out how to find their old man. It doesn’t take long for Zainab to soon realize thatshe has unwillingly created a recipe for disaster. Cold, cynical and rich Samah argueswith Amaal who is poor, extremely religious and wears the niqab. In turn, they clash withtheir liberal and independent little sister Khitam, the one that ran away. Along the way,the sisters discover that only by uniting will they be able to remember who they truly are,and take the first step towards a more authentic future.
Country(ies) : JORDAN, EGYPT
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Red Sea IFF 2021 Arab Spectacular