Cape Town World Cinema Festival

In Competition

Feature Films

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Sabah

English 90min Canada 2005 35mm
Directed by Ruba Nadda

Sabah should know better than to go to the public pool. She's forty, she's Muslim and being in a swimming costume is no way to meet a man. Sabah, however, is about to have a whirlwind romance.

Breaking all the rules that bind women to norms, customs and religious scruples, this liberating lark is a no-holds-barred look at Islam in the West. Between one birthday and the next, Sabah spends her life and upsets every conceivable family relationship.

A story bristling with good humour, it's a study of a family and the role women play in the clan as well as their relationship to the cosmopolitan mix. And it begs the question: does cross-culture really exist or, living side-byside, do cultures just get cross?

Starring:

Arsinee Khanjian, Shawn Doyle, Fadia Nadda, Jeff Seymour, Kathryn Winslow, David Alpay

  • Wednesday 16 Nov 6:30 pm Artscape
  • Saturday 19 Nov 8:30 pm Cinemax
  • Sunday 20 Nov 6:00 pm Kismet

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