Amira

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Amira

2021

1h 38m

Drama

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Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar's infertility, Amira's world turns upside down.

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

Biological revelations lead to increasingly convoluted and decreasingly credible behavior in a queasy, ill-judged Palestine-set melodrama.

Oct 29, 2021

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

Rather squanders its promise with a stridently melodramatic tone and a crude handling of its themes.

Sep 8, 2021

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Jay Weissberg

The Film Verdict

while Amira covers a social justice topic, its weak script combined with unconvincing characterizations and an aggravatingly unattractive mise-en-scne means that even solidarity with the issues raised take a back seat to more immediate cinematic concerns

Feb 26, 2022

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Gary M. Kramer

MovieJawn

Diab's talent as a filmmaker is that he visually conveys this suffocating situation with intense close ups that illustrate how helpless Nuwar, Warda, and Amira all feel.

Oct 26, 2021

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Joseph Fahim

Middle East Eye

Amira is a highly contrived, ridiculous melodrama seeping with endless implausible details that rob the story of any credibility it may have had. The biggest crime of the film though is its portrayal of Palestinian society.

Sep 11, 2021

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Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar's infertility, Amira's world turns upside down.

Director: Mohamed Diab
Producer: Hany Abu-Assad, Mohamed Hefzy, Moez Masoud, Mona Abdel Wahab, Amira Diab, Sarah Goher
Screenwriter: Mohamed Diab, Khaled Diab, Sherin Diab
Production Co: Acamedia Pictures, MAD Solutions, Film-Clinic, Lagoonie Film Production, The Imaginarium, Arab Media Network
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 9, 2022
Runtime: 1h 38m

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