Production year: 2010 Country: Rest of the world Runtime: 138 mins Directors: Rachid Bouchareb Cast: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sabrina Seyvecou, Sami Bouajila Suffering from a tendency to…

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[escenic_image id="55220880"]Amin Matalqa is an Arab-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His last feature film, Captain Abu Raed, set in Jordan, was described as a “humanistic triumph” by The…

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