SNOW WHITE
Genre
Drama
Running time
105 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Egypt
Director
Taghrid Abouelhassan
Bio
Producer
Mohamed Agamy
Cast
Mariam Sherif, Karim Fahmy, Mohamed Mamdouh, Mohamed Gomaa, Safwa , Nihal Kamal, Amr El Diesel, Khaled Sarhan
Scriptwriter
Taghrid Abouelhassan
SHOWTIME
Mon
09.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 1
6:30 PM - 8:20 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Tue
10.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 5
9:45 PM - 11:35 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Sat
14.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 1
7:00 PM - 8:50 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Both Iman and her younger sister dream of finding true love, within the strict parameters of life. For Iman, there is an obvious obstacle: she is a Little Person, only 119 centimeters tall, which puts her out of the running for an arranged marriage. Instead she goes online, hiding her size and compensating with her big laugh and big personality. Her sister has an offer of marriage, but Khaled’s family has second thoughts when they meet Iman. To put things off, the man’s mother insists on a top-of-the-range refrigerator as a dowry. A light-hearted but fascinating mix of issues around marriage, disability and sisterhood, with a magnetic star performance by Mariam Sherif at its very big heart.
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