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بنت الشيخة (2009)

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Country
Morocco

How it feels

A newly married orphaned woman in Casablanca fears that her husband's wealthy family will discover her mother's past as a traditional female performer. The story follows her anxiety about the stigma attached to her mother's profession.

anxiousmelancholicslow-burntenseemotionalsomberintrospectivepoignant

What happens

بنت الشيخة فيلم مغربي تلفزيوني من إنتاج الإذاعة والتلفزة المغربية للمخرج عزيز السالمي و سيناريو عبد الهادي حديفة. و يحكي قصة عن تخوفات العالية هدى صدقي, امرأة يتيمة حديثة الزواج بابن عائلة غنية بمدينة الدار البيضاء من أن يكشف ماضيها وصفة أمها الشيخة التي يعتبر لدى العديدين مهنة غير شريفة . (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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