Directed by:
Cherien DabisScreenplay:
Cherien DabisCinematography:
Brian Rigney HubbardCast:
Hiam Abbass, Cherien Dabis, Alia Shawkat, Alexander Siddig, Bill Pullman, Nasri Sayegh, Elie Mitri, Ritu Singh Pande, Nadine MaloufPlots(1)
To all appearances, May Brennan has it all -- intelligent, gorgeous, the recipient of raves for her recently published book and set to marry her loving fiancé Ziad, a distinguished New York scholar. But immediately upon returning to her familial hometown of Amman, Jordan for the wedding, the cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to show. Her headstrong, born-again Christian mother Nadine disapproves of Ziad, a Muslim, firm in her decision to not attend the ceremony. Her sisters Dalia and Yasmine revert to behaving like rebellious teenagers. And her estranged father Edward, newly remarried, awkwardly attempts to make amends. Confronted with the wounds of her parent's long-broken relationship, coupled with the unavoidable clash of old-world and modern values, May is lead to question the direction her life is taking. Soon, her once carefully structured world appears to unravel as she grapples with her own truths. (official distributor synopsis)
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This movie taught me that apart from Arabic, they mainly speak English in Jordan. Too bad, I was expecting a pleasant trip to the Near East that would show me a world that’s a little bit different from mine. And the only thing I remember from the movie is how all the women concerned themselves with classic women stuff (shopping, drinking coffee, etc.) and with each passing minute, I was drifting to sleep more and more.
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