Feature Film
2008  |  Egypt  |  115 min.

Egyptian female lead Fawzeya begins many impulsive, uninformed marriages that end bitterly, but seem to pass just as quickly. The nest of ex-lovers she chose initially continues to choose its own company aside her, hoping to launder their loneliness into the companionship provided by a platonic community. Thus, Fawzeya is surrounded by a host of dreamers who refuse to let the restraints of a lower social station and chaste relational traditions stop them from living ungrounded, status-quo breaking lifestyles. But it doesn’t present the utopia always anticipated or imagined: With many compromises made, Fawzeya struggles to feel fulfilled even when getting what she thinks she wants every time. Her ability to even explore or begin to understand what will fulfill her - love being the secret recipe for that fulfillment - is further complicated by operating within the strict social boundaries of an Islamically rooted Egypt where relational discourse is frequently culturally thwarted. Filmmaker Magdi Ahmed Ali will be present at the San Francisco screening

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