Looking for Oum Kulthum
BFI London Film Festival Release Date:
Saturday 7th October 2017
Age rating / classification to be confirmed
1 hour 30 minutes approx.
Released
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Starring:
Neda Rahmanian, Yasmin Raeis, Mehdi Moinzadeh, Kais Nashif, Loudili Ahmed and Soumaya Akaaboune
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Directed By:
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Written By:
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Produced By:
Shoja Azari, Beatrice Bulgari, Marta Donzelli, Martin Gschlacht, Gerhard Meixner, Shirin Neshat, Gregorio Paonessa, Roman Paul, Georges Schoucair, Antonin Svoboda and Bruno Wagner
Synopsis
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.