Are You Glad I’m Here

DIRECTOR

Noor Gharzeddine

RUN TIME

85 Minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic , English

YEAR

2018

Country

Lebanon , USA

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Drama, Feature

Cast

Marwa Khalil, Tess Harrison, Najeeb Zeitouni,

Classification

No age restrictions

Synopsis

This bilingual drama-comedy follows Nadine, a Lebanese woman, and Kirsten, an American girl, as they become friends in a story of self-discovery and loyalty. Kirsten, a millennial American girl befriends Nadine, a Lebanese housewife and disrupts her ordered life. One night, they become accidental partners-in-crime.

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