Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)

Original title

احكي يا شهرزاد

Directed by

Yousry Nasrallah

Genre

drama film

Country

Egypt

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Egyptian television host uses her show to tell stories about women's struggles in a patriarchal society. Her husband, a powerful political figure, tries to silence her, leading to a confrontation between their public and private lives.

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What happens

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (Arabic: إحكي يا شهرزاد, translit. Ehki ya shahrazade) is a 2009 Egyptian film. The film was showing in 60 cinemas in Egypt in June. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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