Barakah Yoqabil Barakah (2016)

Original title

بركة يقابل بركة

Directed by

Mahmoud Sabbagh

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Saudi Arabia

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A municipal inspector and a young woman meet in Jeddah and fall for each other. They navigate the social rules and personal challenges that stand in the way of their relationship.

lightheartedromanticplayfulbittersweetwryearthymodesttender

What happens

Barakah Meets Barakah (Arabic: بركة يقابل بركة Hejazi pronunciation: [baraka jiˈgaːbɪl baraka]) is a 2016 Saudi Arabian drama-comedy film directed and written by Mahmoud Sabbagh, a remarkably candid Saudi Arabian love story which uses humor as a counterweight to the difficulties the couple face. Principal photography of Barakah Meets Barakah began on 25 September 2015 and ended on 22 October, and was shot entirely in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The film was selected as the Saudi Arabian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards (the second time the country made a submission for the Oscars). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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