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A RESPECTABLE FAMILY

By Ismahane LAHMAR

PALESTINE FILM INSTITUTE - as PROMO / CONS

Black comedy - Development 2019

Houda and Achraf are getting married. With the help of a couple of enderly gurus, they strive to become what everyone asks them to be: 'a respectable family.'. In a society where divorced women are outcast, Houda must not disappoint. She does her utmost... Until the unbearable strikes.

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Black comedy
- Countries
- PALESTINE
- Languages
- ARABIC
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Ismahane LAHMAR
- Producer(s)
- Rashid ABDEL HAMID (MADE IN PALESTINE PROJECT)
- Synopsis
- ‘A respectable family’ is designed like a fantastico-realistic fable in which the newly weds Achraf and Houda are find themselves trapped in a house where religious and societal rules are dictated by a couple of lying gurus. The couple is followed every day by Sidna, an old man whose well read in religious doctrine but little else, and Sitna, an elderly living encyclopedia when it comes to manners in society.
  Throughout their matrimonial adventure and with the precious help of their fathers, sisters and of course their mothers, our newly weds will strive to achieve the ultimate goal and become what everyone asks them to be: A RESPECTABLE FAMILY. In a society where divorced women are outcast, Houda must not disappoint. She does her utmost... Until the unbearable strikes.