The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Lina SoualemScreenplay
- Nadine NaousScreenplay
- Gladys JoujouScreenplay
- Lina SoualemDirector
Cast
- Hiam AbbassSelf
- Lina SoualemSelf
- Um Ali TabariSelf
- Nemat Tabari AbbasSelf
- Said AbbasSelf
- Omaya YounesSelf
- Johayna Hussein AbbasSelf
- Buthayna Abbas HajoSelf
- Diana HusseinSelf
- Wafa MalgoSelf
- Zahera BounechadaSelf
- Hanan Abbas DiabSelf