HALAL LOVE (AND SEX) / ASSAD FOULADKAR
Three individual, intertwined stories, in which devout Beiruti Muslims try to manage their love, lives and desires without breaking any of their religion’s rules.
Awatef, the middle-aged mom of two girls, wants to recruit a second wife to help her satisfy her overly loving husband's desires.
The young and excessively jealous Mokhtar, needs to find his ex-wife another man in order to marry her again - after already having divorced her three times.
Loubna, freshly divorced, can finally marry her true love, but on a short-term contract only, since he has a family.
Director: Assad Fouladkar
Awards:
Sundance 2016, World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Rotterdam 2016
Dubai 2015, Arabian Nights
RT: 94 mins
Three individual, intertwined stories, in which devout Beiruti Muslims try to manage their love, lives and desires without breaking any of their religion’s rules.
Awatef, the middle-aged mom of two girls, wants to recruit a second wife to help her satisfy her overly loving husband's desires.
The young and excessively jealous Mokhtar, needs to find his ex-wife another man in order to marry her again - after already having divorced her three times.
Loubna, freshly divorced, can finally marry her true love, but on a short-term contract only, since he has a family.
Director: Assad Fouladkar
Awards:
Sundance 2016, World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Rotterdam 2016
Dubai 2015, Arabian Nights
RT: 94 mins
Three individual, intertwined stories, in which devout Beiruti Muslims try to manage their love, lives and desires without breaking any of their religion’s rules.
Awatef, the middle-aged mom of two girls, wants to recruit a second wife to help her satisfy her overly loving husband's desires.
The young and excessively jealous Mokhtar, needs to find his ex-wife another man in order to marry her again - after already having divorced her three times.
Loubna, freshly divorced, can finally marry her true love, but on a short-term contract only, since he has a family.
Director: Assad Fouladkar
Awards:
Sundance 2016, World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Rotterdam 2016
Dubai 2015, Arabian Nights
RT: 94 mins
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