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Inshallah a Boy (2023)
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Original name: إن شاء الله ولد
Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan’s Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.
Plot:
women, mother, house, housewife, child, daughter, children, life, pregnancy, death, family relations, cheating, abortion, mother daughter relationship, domestic servant, discrimination, debt, funeral, pregnant woman, mouse, female protagonist, widow, patriarchy, grief, hijab ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
jordan
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