Name: Looking for Oum Kulthum
Genre: Music
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Neda Rahmanian, Yasmine Raeis, Mehdi Moinzadeh, Qais Nashif

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About

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.

Directors

Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari

Studio

Agora Films, Coop99 Filmproduktion, Noirmontartproduction, Razor Film Produktion, Schortcut Films, Vivo Film

Original Language

Arabic

Keywords

islam biography film within a film