Son of a Dancer

DIRECTOR

Georges Hazim

RUN TIME

20 Minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic

YEAR

2018

Country

Lebanon

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Short

Cast

Carole Abboud, Ziad Seaibe, Georges Hazim

Classification

Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult

Synopsis

Majed, a 20-year-old man, is grieving the loss of his recently deceased mother. One day, he gets the shock of his life when he learns that she was a belly dancer. Torn between his relationship with his now-silent father and Hanine, the woman who will helped him overcome his grief; Majed seeks to discover his mother’s past.

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