Son of a Dancer
DIRECTOR
Georges Hazim
RUN TIME
20 Minutes
LANGUAGE
Arabic
YEAR
2018
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COUNTRY
Lebanon
GENRE
Drama, Comedy, Short
CAST
Carole Abboud, Ziad Seaibe, Georges Hazim
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Yes
Classification
Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult
SYNOPSIS
Majed, a 20-year-old man, is grieving the loss of his recently deceased mother. One day, he gets the shock of his life when he learns that she was a belly dancer. Torn between his relationship with his now-silent father and Hanine, the woman who will helped him overcome his grief; Majed seeks to discover his mother’s past.
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