Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day?

Sep 29, 2022

1h 3m

★ 4.7

Overview

The director turns the diary of his sexual adventures into a serial narrative in the style of “One Thousand and One Nights”. This polyamorously-minded queer musical applies the same playful approach to folk tales as it does to Egyptian pop music.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Aflam Wardeshan

Amerikafilm

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Cast

Donia Massoud

Ahmed Awadalla

Nadim Bahsoun

Hassan Dib

Ahmed El Gendy

Richard Gabriel Gersch

Kinan Hmeidan

Eyad Houssami

Ahmed Max

Sélim Mourad

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Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day?

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