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My Favourite Fabric (2018)

My Favourite Fabric poster
Original title
Mon tissu préféré
Directed by
Gaya Jiji
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany, France, Turkey
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
12
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in Damascus in 2011 navigates her traditional household and the political unrest building just outside. The film follows her quiet attempts at personal freedom amid a slowly closing society.

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What happens

My Favourite Fabric (French: Mon tissu préféré) is a 2018 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Gaya Jiji. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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