Souad

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Souad

2020

1h 36m

Drama

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Souad, 19-year-old young woman, leads a double life. While remaining conservative and veiled among her family and society, Souad is obsessed with her image on social media, and goes in several secret virtual relationships with men. She constantly lies about her personal life, projecting wishfully images of a different desired life. Her ambitions are slowly crushed by the invasion of her true reality. A series of small incidents lead to a tragic event, that makes Rabab, her 13-year-old little sister, embarks on a real-life journey looking for answers.

Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

[A] sensitive take on teen life...

Rated: 4/5

Aug 29, 2021

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

One of those rare films which really engages with online existence and social media - yet without needing to flash up tweets and texts as onscreen graphics in the way most movies do.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 26, 2021

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Amin's quietly bristling film has a whole world going on under the surface.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 25, 2021

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Victoria Luxford

D Movies

Life is complicated, contradictory, and in some cases dirty. Souad doesnt turn away from that, and is all the better for it.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 17, 2022

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Tom Shone

Sunday Times (UK)

There's no lack of content... and the film's style of quiet realism is attractive. Yet the story's second half is both a bit too contrived and a bit too understated.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 29, 2021

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

A vibrant and naturalistic film about the perils of pitfalls of growing up as a young woman in a traditional religious society.

Aug 26, 2021

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Synopsis

Souad, 19-year-old young woman, leads a double life. While remaining conservative and veiled among her family and society, Souad is obsessed with her image on social media, and goes in several secret virtual relationships with men. She constantly lies about her personal life, projecting wishfully images of a different desired life. Her ambitions are slowly crushed by the invasion of her true reality. A series of small incidents lead to a tragic event, that makes Rabab, her 13-year-old little sister, embarks on a real-life journey looking for answers.

Director: Ayten Amin
Producer: Sameh Awad
Screenwriter: Ayten Amin, Mahmoud Ezzat
Production Co: Vivid Reels, Film-Clinic, Nomadis Images
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1h 36m