“Inshallah A Boy”
Directed by Amjad Al Rasheed
Feature Film, 2023
AWARDS
2023 Cannes Festival – Nomination of Critics’ Week, Golden Camera
2023 Cannes Festival – Winner of Label Europa Cinemas
2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival – Nomination of Best Foreign Language Film
SYNOPSIS
After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life. However, her pain is soon compounded by the possibility of losing her home to her brother-in-law. Desperate to keep her home and provide a stable life for her daughter, Nawal resorts to deception by faking a pregnancy. But as time passes, the lie becomes harder to sustain and Nawal faces a difficult choice. With only three weeks to find a solution, Nawal embarks on a journey that challenges her fears, beliefs, and morality, as she fights to secure her rightful inheritance and protect her daughter’s future.
PRESS
CAST
Mouna Hawa
Haitham Omari
Yumna Marwan
Salwa Nakkara
Mohammad Al Jizawi
Eslam Al-Awadi
Celina Rabab’a
Co-production: Georges Films
Foreign production: The Imaginarium Films, Bayt Al Shawareb Film
Exports/foreign sales: Pyramide International
French distribution: Pyramide Distribution
Producers: Yousef Abed Alnabi, Aseel Abu Ayyash,
Co-producers: Raphaël Alexandre, Nicolas Leprêtre
Sound: Nour Halawani
Editor: Ahmed Hafez
Production Designer: Nasser Zoubi
Screenwriter: Delphine Agut, Rula Nasser, Amjad Al Rasheed
Director of Photography: Kanamé Onoyama
