SLAVE
Genre
Dark Comedy, Science Fiction and Thriller
Running time
73 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Mansour Assad
Bio
Producer
Lina Abdulaziz, Faisal Baltyuor, Abdulaziz Almowani, Mansour Assad
Cast
Ziyad Alamri, Khairiah Abulaban, Mohammed Ali, Esmaeel Hassan, Fahad Salem, Ahmed Alturki, Mohammed Alzoraiq, Salwa Ahmad, Mubarak Ali, Mutlaq Matar, Thamer Alharbi, Reem Fahad
Scriptwriter
Rulan Hasan, Hesham Ibraheem
Sakkir and his wife Latifa made a movie, but it enraged society. As a result, Sakkir struggled with whether to continue living his life or travel back in time to appease society.
This film is supported by the Red Sea Fund.
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