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PG15

WHERE'S THE IMAM?

Genre
Dark Comedy
Running time
12 minutes
Year
2023
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Abrar Qari
Bio
Producer
Bakr Alduhaim
Cast
Ahmed Yaqoub, Ahmed Kaabi, Mo Ghamdi
Scriptwriter
Abrar Qari

SHOWTIME

Mon 09. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 5
7:45 PM - 9:02 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Tue 10. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 5
3:00 PM - 4:17 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Sat 14. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 1
9:45 PM - 11:02 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Saleh is so irresponsible with money that his own nephew tells him he can’t be trusted, especially after he manages to sell the contents of his mother’s house to a junk dealer for a fraction of its value because he is distracted by an old game console he finds among the rubbish. But something else the dealer sells seizes Saleh’s attention: fire extinguishers. If he and the boy can manage to steal enough of them, he may even be able to pay his rent.

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