Barakah Meets Barakah

2016

1h 28m

Comedy

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7 Reviews

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50+ Ratings

A middle-class man and a woman from a wealthy family fall in love.

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

The film is critical of oppressive customs and even a bit tragic, but it's also joyful, investing its hopes in characters representing a new generation that is too fun and sassy to be ignored.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 9, 2016

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Jordan Hoffman

Guardian

There's a great deal of visual sizzle, as well as sadness.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2016

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Alissa Simon

Variety

A smart, charming, and bittersweet tale about the Kingdom's millennial generation and their take on the social and political restrictions that stand in the way of meeting and mingling with the opposite sex.

Sep 9, 2016

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Joni Blyth

One Room With A View

A must-see for all fans of the genre.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 13, 2019

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Ethan Vestby

Cinema Scope

It speaks to Sabbagh's talent that he can finally administer such a light touch to a movie whose romantic leads so self-consciously bear the burdens of generational and national identity.

Oct 16, 2017

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

... one of the more pointedly political Middle Eastern films that have played the festival circuit recently, and that's saying something.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 21, 2016

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Perhaps the only Saudi movie I have watched. A nostalgic and pointed criticism of the direction civil society has taken in Saudi, interspersed with an endearing romantic comedy about two ordinary individuals. Both my wife and I loved this movie. A window into life in that country one would not usually get the chance to see.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Synopsis

A middle-class man and a woman from a wealthy family fall in love.

Director: Mahmoud Sabbagh
Producer: Mahmoud Sabbagh
Screenwriter: Mahmoud Sabbagh
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m

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