Looking for Oum Kulthum (2017)

  • AA
  • 09/11/2017 (AT)
  • Music
  • 1h 30m

Overview

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.

Shirin Neshat

Director, Writer

Shoja Azari

Director, Writer

Ahmad Diba

Writer

Cast

Neda Rahmanian's headshot

Neda Rahmanian

Yasmine Raeis's headshot

Yasmine Raeis

Mehdi Moinzadeh's headshot

Mehdi Moinzadeh

Qais Nashif's headshot

Qais Nashif

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