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DREAMING OF LIONS

Genre
Dark Comedy
Running time
88 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Portuguese and Spanish
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Portugal, Brazil and Spain
Director
Paolo Marinou-Blanco
Bio
Producer
Justin Amorim, Paolo Marinou-Blanco, Eduardo Rezende, Luis Ortas Pau
Cast
Denise Fraga, Asun Planas, Dinarte Freitas, António Durães, Alexander Tuji, Victoria Guerra, Sandra Faleiro, Joana Ribeiro, Joāo Nunes Monteiro, Roberto Bomtempo
Scriptwriter
Paolo Marinou-Blanco

SHOWTIME

Fri 06. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 2
10:30 PM - 12:03 AM
Price: 40 SAR
Sat 07. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 4
11:45 AM - 1:18 PM
Price: 40 SAR
For anyone who likes to laugh at events that should make you want to cry Dreaming of Lions will be your favourite movie of the year. This absurdist tragicomedy from Greek-Portuguese director Paulo Marinou-Blanco introduces us to Gilda, a terminally ill woman whose dying wish is for her painful existence to stop as quickly and peacefully as possible. When her attempts at ending her life fail, she seeks professional help and discovers the Joy Transition International. She attends their funny meetings, which bring new friends, a lover and 99 problems. However, when she finds out that the organisation is not what it seems, she and her new beau decide to take matters into their own hands with heartwarming results.

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