Directed by:
Heidi SamanScreenplay:
Heidi SamanCinematography:
Dawn ChenetteCast:
Jessica Lu, Tom Lenk, Waleed Zuaiter, Valorie Hubbard, Said Faraj, Trish Gates, Nicole Haddad, Yetta Gottesman, Rodney To, Mike Batayeh, Melina Lizette (more)Plots(1)
Among the various services that form the backdrop of life in Los Angeles, none is perhaps more simultaneously ubiquitous and invisible as the parking valet. Writer-director Heidi Saman's feature debut smartly centers on one such figure, a young Egyptian-American who over the course of Namour gradually succumbs to a nervous breakdown. Set during 2008's economic collapse, Namour is an elegantly understated character study that perceptively assesses the toll of financial, cultural and work-related stress on one's family and psyche. With its striking widescreen compositions, Namour is also a stark, bracing ode to Angelino light, space and often alienating glitz. (Miami Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jessica Lu
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Tom Lenk
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Trish Gates
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Yetta Gottesman
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Rodney To
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Mike Batayeh
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Melina Lizette
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Amin El Gamal
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Chloe Hurst
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