Some Like It Veiled

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Director:Sou Abadi
Cast:Félix Moati, William Lebghil, Camélia Jordana, Anne Alvaro
Premiere:26. April 2018
Length:88 minutes
Genre:Comedy

Some Like It Veiled

Cherchez la femme; Sou Abadi, 2017, OV (fran.) + ST (cz) + AT; Sou Abadi, 2017, versions: OR,CS,ES,

23.3.2018 - Po projekcii sa bude konať Q&A s režisérkou filmu Sou Abadi.

Director: Sou Abadi • Scenario: Sou Abadi • Camera: Yves Angelo • Music: Jérôme Rebotier • Haircut: Virginie Bruant • Cast: Félix Moati, William Lebghil, Camélia Jordana, Anne Alvaro, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic

Armand and Leila, students at Paris’ prestigious college of political science, Sciences Po, are a young couple. They plan to go to New York where they both have senior-year internships at the United Nations. However, when Mahmoud, Leila’s big brother, returns from an extended stay in Yemen where he’s become a radical Muslim, he opposes their relationship and decides to keep his sister away from Armand at all costs. In order to see Leila again who is confined to the family apartment, Armand has no other choice but to disguise himself as a woman in a full-length burka with niqab! The next day, the doorbell rings at Leila’s place – a Scheherazade, whose face is veiled, is at the door and Mahmoud is not impervious to her charms…

Length: 88 min

Year: 2017
Local premiere date: 26. April 2018

Country of origin:

  • France

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles
ES - English subtitles

23.3.2018 - Po projekcii sa bude konať Q&A s režisérkou filmu Sou Abadi.

Director: Sou Abadi • Scenario: Sou Abadi • Camera: Yves Angelo • Music: Jérôme Rebotier • Haircut: Virginie Bruant • Cast: Félix Moati, William Lebghil, Camélia Jordana, Anne Alvaro, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic

Armand and Leila, students at Paris’ prestigious college of political science, Sciences Po, are a young couple. They plan to go to New York where they both have senior-year internships at the United Nations. However, when Mahmoud, Leila’s big brother, returns from an extended stay in Yemen where he’s become a radical Muslim, he opposes their relationship and decides to keep his sister away from Armand at all costs. In order to see Leila again who is confined to the family apartment, Armand has no other choice but to disguise himself as a woman in a full-length burka with niqab! The next day, the doorbell rings at Leila’s place – a Scheherazade, whose face is veiled, is at the door and Mahmoud is not impervious to her charms…

Year: 2017
Local premiere date: 26. April 2018

Country of origin:

  • France

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles
ES - English subtitles