My Favourite Fabric (2018)

5.5/10 96 min Drama

Overview

Damascus, Spring 2011. It's the early stages of the civil war. 25-year-old Nahla is torn between her desire for freedom and the hope of leaving the country thanks to her arranged marriage with Samir, a Syrian expatriate in the USA. When he chooses her younger, more docile sister Myriam, Nahla finds refuge at her neighbor's, the mysterious Ms Jiji.

Cast

Manal Issa

Nahla

Metin Akdülger

The Dream Man

Ula Tabari

Madame Jiji

Saad Lostan

Samir

Wissam Fares

Salem

Mariah Tannoury

Myriam

Nathalie Issa

Line

Souraya Baghdadi

Salwa

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