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Dirty Difficult Dangerous

2022 1h 23m Drama Fantasy Romance List
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Beirut, Lebanon, nowadays. Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and Mehdia, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker, are living an impossible love. While Mehdia tries to free herself from her employers, Ahmed struggles to survive dealing in second-hand metal scraps, affected by a mysterious disease. The two lovers have no future, but they have nothing to lose. One day, they take their chance and flee Beirut in a hopeful and desperate attempt to get away while Ahmed's physical condition gets worse, turning slowly his body into metal.

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Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse At 84 minutes, “Dirty Difficult Dangerous” is an economic, very intelligent, very realistic film that manages to present all its comments through a rather rewarding combination of seriousness and humor. Rated: 7.5 Jan 4, 2023 Full Review Allan Hunter Screen International Star-crossed lovers confront mounting obstacles to their happiness in Wissam Charaf’s slight but intermittently charming Dirty Difficult Dangerous. Sep 29, 2022 Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye Dirty is a strange beast: a melodrama conceived as a deadpan comedy, peppered with social commentary. Despite the palpable passion on display, the film doesn’t succeed on any of those fronts Sep 6, 2022 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com In the somewhat slight narrative, Charaf’s narrative energy sometimes feels sabotaged by the metaphorical leanings, which takes the shape of an afterthought, eclipsed by the more compelling and familiar subplot. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 31, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Beirut, Lebanon, nowadays. Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and Mehdia, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker, are living an impossible love. While Mehdia tries to free herself from her employers, Ahmed struggles to survive dealing in second-hand metal scraps, affected by a mysterious disease. The two lovers have no future, but they have nothing to lose. One day, they take their chance and flee Beirut in a hopeful and desperate attempt to get away while Ahmed's physical condition gets worse, turning slowly his body into metal.
Director
Wissam Charaf
Producer
Katia Khazak, Charlotte Vincent, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, Pierre Sarraf
Screenwriter
Wissam Charaf, Hala Dabaji, Mariette Désert
Production Co
Aurora Films
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 23m