MY FAVOURITE FABRIC
by Gaya Jiji
synopsis
Damascus, Spring 2011. It's the early stages of the revolution. 25-year-old Nahla is torn between her desire for freedom and the hope of leaving the country thanks to her arranged marriage with Samir, a Syrian expatriate in the USA. When he chooses her younger, more docile sister Myriam, Nahla finds refuge at her neighbor's, the mysterious Ms Jiji.
international title: | My Favourite Fabric |
original title: | My Favourite Fabric |
country: | France, Germany, Turkey |
sales agent: | Urban Sales |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Gaya Jiji |
film run: | 96' |
release date: | FR 18/07/2018, DE 10/01/2019 |
screenplay: | Gaya Jiji |
cast: | Metin Akdülger, Manal Issa, Ula Tabari, Gaya Jiji, Wissam Fares, Mariah Tannoury, Souraya Baghdadi, Saad Lostan, Nathalie Issa, Rand Raslan |
cinematography by: | Antoine Héberlé |
film editing: | Jeanne Oberson |
art director: | Nadide Argun |
costumes designer: | Tugba Ataç |
producer: | Laurent Lavolé |
co-producer: | Vanessa Ciszewski, David Hurst, Nadir Operli, Eiji Yamazaki |
line producer: | Asli Erdem |
production: | Gloria Films Production, Katuh Studio, Les Films de la Capitaine, Dublin Films, Liman Film (TR) |
backing: | CNC (FR), Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (FR), Eurimages, Amiens International Film Festival (FR), French-German mini co-production treaty |
distributor: | Dulac Distribution, Grandfilm |