My Favourite Fabric

Jul 18, 2018

1h 36m

★ 5.5

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dublin Films

Gloria Films

Katuh Studio

Les Films de la Capitaine

Liman Film

ZDF

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Cast

Nahla

Manal Issa

The Dream Man

Metin Akdülger

Madame Jiji

Ula Tabari

Manal

Gaya Jiji

Samir

Saad Lostan

Salem

Wissam Fares

Myriam

Mariah Tannoury

Line

Nathalie Issa

Salwa

Souraya Baghdadi

Samar

Rand Raslan

Zahra

Hala Sayasne

Shirin

Amani Ibrahim

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