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Daughters of Abdul-Rahman (Banat Abdul-Rahman)

Nominated for the AFFZ Film Award

Zainab, an aging spinster and seamstress, is stuck minding her father, who is becoming senile. One day, he goes missing, so she calls her three estranged sisters to help her find him. Their reunion triggers old enmities and the sisters’ mutual search for their elusive father becomes a trial by fire for his daughters.

A bittersweet group portrait of four women representing different facets of Jordanian society.

Genre

Fiction

Countries

Jordan / Egypt / USA

Language

Arabic
Subtitles: German

Year

2021

Show Times

Thu, 17.11.2022 – 18:00
Sun, 20.11.2022 – 15:00

Running Time

118'

Director

Zaid Abu Hamdan

Zaid Abu Hamdan, born 1982 in Amman, studied at the New York Film Academy and the Lebanese American University. Daughters of Abdul-Rahman is his first feature.

Screenplay

Zaid Abu Hamdan

Cinematography

Ahmad Jalboush

Music

Masis Mardirossian

Editor

Dina Farouk

Cast

Saba Mubarak
Hanan Hillo
Farah Basiso
Miriam Basha