Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!
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Julia Kassar
Therese
Known for
The Insult
سيرينا الشامي
غادة
Ali El Khalil
Maurice
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Bassam Kousa
Riad
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Al Zeer Salem
The Extras
Nadine Khoury
Nazek
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Diaries of a General Manager
Rijal Al-Izz
Betty Taoutal
Solange
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Arzé
Love Lobby
Jaber Jokhadar
Samer
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Omar
Palestinian Alienation
Serena Chami
Ghada
Said Serhan
Marwan
Known for
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Daniel Balaban
Imad
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Snowdrops
Nicole Kamato
Samira
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Mabrouk Again!
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Samir Youssef
Toufic
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Ghadi
Sophie Boutros Director · Nadia Eliewat Writer
Budget $650K · First release December 11, 2016 · Produced in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon
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Budget
$650,000
Production
Egypt · Jordan · Lebanon
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Original title
محبس
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
United Arab Emirates · December 11, 2016
Premiere · Dubai International Film Festival
Lebanon · March 1, 2017
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