The Amina Profile (2015)
- Original title
- A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile
- Directed by
- Sophie Deraspe
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows the online relationship between a woman and a blogger who claims to be a lesbian in Damascus. It slowly reveals that the blogger's identity is not what it seemed.
investigativesuspensefulintimateunsettlingpensivetenseemotionally complex
What happens
The Amina Profile (French: Le profil Amina) is a 2015 Canadian documentary film directed by Sophie Deraspe and coproduced by Esperamos and the National Film Board of Canada, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema category. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2014. The film was retitled A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile by its U.S. distributor IFC for the theatrical release and for subsequent film festival screenings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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