Looking for Oum Kulthum

Name: Looking for Oum Kulthum
Director: Shirin Neshat
Genre: Music
Released: 2017-09-11
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Neda Rahmanian, Yasmine Raeis, Mehdi Moinzadeh, Qais Nashif

201790m

★ 6.0

Music

A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine's, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society.

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Watch Looking for Oum Kulthum full movie online for free in HD quality on Watch Online Stream. Stream from Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, and more without any subscription or sign up. A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine's, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society.

Cast

Neda Rahmanian

Yasmine Raeis

Mehdi Moinzadeh

Qais Nashif

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