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Looking for Oum Kulthum

Sep 11, 2017
1h 30m
★ 6.0

Overview

A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine's, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Agora Films
Coop99 Filmproduktion
Noirmontartproduction
Razor Film Produktion
Schortcut Films
Vivo Film

Cast

Neda Rahmanian

Neda Rahmanian

Yasmine Raeis

Yasmine Raeis

Mehdi Moinzadeh

Mehdi Moinzadeh

Qais Nashif

Qais Nashif

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