Looking for Oum Kulthum

Looking for Oum Kulthum (2017)

Timing: 1:30 (90 min)

6/10
6

All about film

Video 0

Photo 1

Actors and characters

Release date

2017-09-11

Country

Qatar, Germany, Austria, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, France

Production

Agora Films, Coop 99 Filmproduktion, Vivo Film, Razor Film Produktion, Schortcut Films, Noirmontartproduction

Genre

Music

Budget

Revenue

Website

Director

Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari

Actors

All actors and roles (0)

Scenario

Ahmad Diba, Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshat

Producer

Operator

Martin Gschlacht

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Nadia ben Rachid
All team (5)

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.

Did you like the film?