Looking for Oum Kulthum

A film within a film Looking for Oum Kulthum is the plight of an Iranian woman artistfilmmaker 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 heroines 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