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

Metin Akdülger

Ula Tabari

Saad Lostan

Wissam Fares

Mariah Tannoury

Nathalie Issa

Souraya Baghdadi

Salwa

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