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Amira

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Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar's infertility, Amira's world turns upside down.

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Jessica Kiang Variety 10/29/2021
Biological revelations lead to increasingly convoluted and decreasingly credible behavior in a queasy, ill-judged Palestine-set melodrama. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International 09/08/2021
Rather squanders its promise with a stridently melodramatic tone and a crude handling of its themes. Go to Full Review Jay Weissberg The Film Verdict 02/26/2022
while Amira covers a social justice topic, its weak script combined with unconvincing characterizations and an aggravatingly unattractive mise-en-scne means that even solidarity with the issues raised take a back seat to more immediate cinematic concerns Go to Full Review Gary M. Kramer MovieJawn 10/26/2021
Diab's talent as a filmmaker is that he visually conveys this suffocating situation with intense close ups that illustrate how helpless Nuwar, Warda, and Amira all feel. Go to Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye 09/11/2021
Amira is a highly contrived, ridiculous melodrama seeping with endless implausible details that rob the story of any credibility it may have had. The biggest crime of the film though is its portrayal of Palestinian society. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Mohamed Diab

Director

Tara Abboud

Amira

Saba Mubarak

Warda

Ali Suliman

Nuwar

Waleed Zuaiter

Said

Ziad Bakri

Basel

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Synopsis Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar's infertility, Amira's world turns upside down.
Director
Mohamed Diab
Producer
Hany Abu-Assad, Mohamed Hefzy, Moez Masoud, Mona Abdel Wahab, Amira Diab, Sarah Goher
Screenwriter
Mohamed Diab, Khaled Diab, Sherin Diab
Production Co
Acamedia Pictures, MAD Solutions, Film-Clinic, Lagoonie Film Production, The Imaginarium, Arab Media Network
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 9, 2022
Runtime
1h 38m