International Trailer
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Halal Love (and Sex)
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Info
- Tragicomedy from the Muslim side of Beirut in which devout men and women try to manage their love lives and desires without breaking any of their religion’s rules.
Status: Completed
Festivals: Dubai FF, Sundance FF, IFFR
- Tragicomedy from the Muslim side of Beirut in which devout men and women try to manage their love lives and desires without breaking any of their religion’s rules.
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Synopsis
- Assad Fouladkar’s comedy Halal Love (and Sex), a narrative feature that seeks to “lift the veil” on the things that wedge themselves in a tense space in Beiruti Muslims’ lives: between faith and fornication. The movie comprises three intertwining stories: about Awatef, a woman finding her husband a second wife; about a bitter man, Mokhtar, determined to find his ex-wife, Batoul, another husband so he may then re-marry her again (for the fourth time); and, finally, about Loubna, a divorced woman who’s finding it difficult to justify being single amid people who warn her against living alone. The film finds careful footing between probing the open secrets of Muslim inner life and informing Western audiences without being critical of it, a feat in itself. - Newsweek
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Director
- Assad Fouladkar (born in Lebanon) studied filmmaking at Boston University and lived in Australia before returning to Lebanon, where he taught at the Lebanese American University. His thesis short film GOD HAVE MERCY won 13 international awards and was the finalist at the Oscar competition for Best Student Film. His award-winning feature WHEN MARYAM SPOKE OUT won major awards in the Arab world, Europe and the United States. It was Lebanon's official entry to the Academy Awards. In recent years, Fouladkar has lived in Egypt and directed the sit-com RAGEL W SIT SITTAT among other series.
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Crew
Cast:
Loubna - Darine Hamze
Abou Ahmad - Rodrigue Sleiman
Awatef - Mirna Moukarzel
Salim - Ali Sammoury
Mokhtar - Hussein Mokaddem
Batoul - Zeinab Hind Khadra
Bardot - Fadia Abi Chahine
Team:
Writer & Director: Assad Fouladkar
DOP: Lutz Reitemeier
Sound: Marc Meusinger
Production Design: Tanja Arlt, Maia El Khoury
Costume Design: Claudia Torsiello
Editor: Nadia Ben Rachid
Composer: Amine Bouhafa
Production:
Razor Film, Berlin
Sabbah Media Corporation, Beirut
Ginger Beirut Productions, Beirut
German Film Funding: FFA, MBB, MDM
Broadcaster: ZDF/Arte
