World premiere
Germany, Austria, Italy, Lebanon, Qatar, 2017, 90
', color, DCP
screenplay
Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshatcinematography
Martin Gschlachtediting
Nadia Ben Rachidcast
Neda Rahmanian [Mitra],
Yamin Raeis [Ghada]
Mehdi Moinzadeh [Amir], Kais Nashif [Ahmed / Latif]
Najia Skalli [Oum Kulthum, old], Nour Kamar [Oum Kulthum, young]
producers
Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Bruno Wagner
Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, Shirin Neshat
Shoja Azari, Beatrice Bordone Bulgari, Marta Donzelli
Gregorio Paonessa, Georges Schoucairproductions
Razor Film Produktion, Coop99In Between Art Film, Vivo Film, Schortcut Films world sales
The Match Factory
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Mitra is an ambitious artist in her forties who embarks on her dream project of making a film about the legendary Egyptian singer and diva Oum Kulthum. Her film explores the struggles, sacrifices and the price of Oum Kulthum's success as a female artist in a male-dominated society. However, having left her family behind for her career and striving to capture the essence of Oum Kulthum as a myth, a woman and an artist, Mitra's own struggles blend with those of the singer and she finds herself headed for an emotional and artistic breakdown.