As I Want

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As I Want

2021

1h 28m

Documentary

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Through words left unsaid to her dead mother, Samaher Alqadi explores the chains of her childhood through a revolutionary struggle against the odds.

Jay Weissberg

Variety

The film's biggest takeaway - that Morsi was the bogeyman and Sisi has set things right - couldn't be further from the truth.

Mar 18, 2021

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

The personal emotion of its director Samaher Alqadi punches through the centre of it hard - which gives her film a searing edge even if much of it feels scrappy and politically muddied.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 20, 2022

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Joseph Fahim

Middle East Eye

As I Want is a film seeping with rage; at the self-entitled men who control the public spaces beyond reproach; at the educational and religious institutions; at the negligent political establishment that allowed this plague to mushroom.

Aug 18, 2021

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Guillem Martinez Oya

Cinematismo

A guerrilla movie against the patriarchy an misoginy in Egypt. A necessary movie. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 23, 2021

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

A powerful and emotive documentary which traces the daily hardships and privations for millions of women living in Egypt.

Apr 23, 2021

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Synopsis

Through words left unsaid to her dead mother, Samaher Alqadi explores the chains of her childhood through a revolutionary struggle against the odds.

Director: Samaher Alqadi
Producer: Karim El Hakim
Screenwriter: Samaher Alqadi
Production Co: Temps noir, Idioms Film
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1h 28m