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Barakah meets barakah barakah yoqabil barakah year 2016 runtime 88 mins language arabic subtitles english barakah hisham fageeh is a municipal official whose job requires him to maintain order and morality in public spaces around the city. What mahmoud sabbagh s barakah meets barakah reminds us of is that sometimes fantasies can have. A humble government official and rebellious vlog star develop a tentative romance amid strict saudi arabian cultural taboos in this warmhearted, slyly subversive romantic comedy. Prize of the ecumenical jury berlin international film festival 2016. Barakah meets barakah to represent saudi arabia at. Falsch geraten nichts weniger beweist barakah meets barakah. Baraka can be found within physical objects, places, and people, as chosen by god. Aug 24, 2016 barakah meets barakah, the debut feature of writerdirector mahmoud sabbagh, has been selected to represent saudi arabia in the best foreign language film oscar race. Even highprofile pictures become available to home viewers before or at the same time as their. Aug 24, 2016 the romcom will be the countrys secondever foreignlanguage entry, following haifaa al mansours wadjda in 20. Canada 9 september 2016 toronto international film festival canada 29 september 2016 vancouver international film festival uk 6 october 2016. The first ever saudi arabian romantic comedy, barakah meets barakah is a lovely one at that.
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