One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.
Acting
Arsinée Khanjian carries every scene with nervous, luminous longing.
Direction
Nadda finds intimacy in silences — the space between what Sabah says and feels.
Director
Ruba Nadda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few Canadian films centering Arab-Canadian Muslim women without framing them as victims of oppression — just messy humans.
Arsinée Khanjian is director Atom Egoyan's wife; this was Ruba Nadda's thesis film expanded to feature.
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