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Finding Fatimah (2017)

Finding Fatimah poster
Directed by
Oz Arshad
Genre
independent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
12A
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A divorced British Asian man tries to find love again while dealing with the stigma around his past. He meets different people in his community as he looks for a new relationship.

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What happens

Finding Fatimah is a British romantic comedy written and directed by Oz Arshad. The film is about a man who struggles to find love in the British Asian community due to the stigma of his divorce several years prior. The majority of Finding Fatimah was filmed in Manchester with additional sequences filmed in West Yorkshire and London. It was released in UK cinemas on 21 April 2017 with a 12A certificate granted by the BBFC. The film was produced on a budget of £325,000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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