Arzé

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Arzé

2024

1h 33m

Drama

Comedy

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To find her stolen scooter, a woman must outsmart Beirut's religious diversity and fix her relationship with her son.

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

01/04/2025

Its drama transforms in intriguing, even exciting ways, as diligent single mother Arzé (Diamand Abou Abboud) and her angsty teenage son Kinan (Bilal Al Hamwi) travel between neighborhoods segregated by sect and class.

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Whang Yee Ling

The Straits Times (Singapore)

Aug 16

4/5

It takes skill and sensitivity to navigate current geopolitical realities with such freewheeling humour.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

12/19/2024

B+

Mira Shaib’s Arzé is an impressive and inspiring feature film debut. There is nothing overtly political about this movie, yet it has so much to say about the world’s current divisiveness and our global culture of hate and fear.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

10/24/2024

A woman-driven narrative recalling neorealist classic The Bicycle Thief...

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Matthew St. Clair

Cinematic Words of a Chaotic Gemini (Substack)

07/31/2024

A-

Diamond Abou Abboud is transcendent in this affecting telling of working-class survival.

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Paul Emmanuel Enicola

The Movie Buff

07/09/2024

B

Mira Shaib makes the audience understand the reasoning behind each flawed decision, making Arzé a multidimensional character that makes her more relatable, frustrating, endearing, and more human.

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Synopsis

To find her stolen scooter, a woman must outsmart Beirut's religious diversity and fix her relationship with her son.

Director: Mira Shaib
Producer: Faissal Sam Shaib, Louay Khraish, Zeina Badran
Screenwriter: Faissal Sam Shaib, Louay Khraish
Production Co: Spotless Mind Films
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1h 33m