Two considerations need to exist side by side when discussing “The Wedding,” the debut feature of Egyptian-American multihyphenate Sam Abbas. One involves the film itself, a dull slice of Lower Manhattan mumblecore about a heterosexual New York couple fitfully planning their wedding until she discovers his gay dalliance. The other, getting the lion’s share of attention, is focused on Abbas’ company ArabQ Films, which apparently is incorporated in Egypt, but given its mission to produce queer-themed movies, can only operate virtually in the country’s increasingly authoritarian and state-sanctioned, virulently homophobic polity. How the company can function, and whether the films it produces can properly be categorized as Egyptian (doubtful), are questions that must be raised in tandem with any treatment of “The Wedding” itself, now on a tiny release in New York and unlikely to get much traction elsewhere.
The film’s lack of originality goes beyond its...
The film’s lack of originality goes beyond its...
- 12/18/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
The first trailer for The Wedding, a film from the first-ever Lgbtq-inclusive Arab film company ArabQ, is out, and The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive first look.
The movie, from Egyptian filmmaker Sam Abbas, will star Abbas as Rami, a young Muslim-American man who must worry about his upcoming marriage to American Sara (Nikohl Boosheri) while trying to also live a hidden life as his true self, a homosexual man. Co-stars include Hend Ayoub, James Penfold and Harry Aspinwall.
This is the first film under ArabQ, which launched at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival. The film is set to premiere ...
The movie, from Egyptian filmmaker Sam Abbas, will star Abbas as Rami, a young Muslim-American man who must worry about his upcoming marriage to American Sara (Nikohl Boosheri) while trying to also live a hidden life as his true self, a homosexual man. Co-stars include Hend Ayoub, James Penfold and Harry Aspinwall.
This is the first film under ArabQ, which launched at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival. The film is set to premiere ...
- 8/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The first trailer for The Wedding, a film from the first-ever Lgbtq-inclusive Arab film company ArabQ, is out, and The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive first look.
The movie, from Egyptian filmmaker Sam Abbas, will star Abbas as Rami, a young Muslim-American man who must worry about his upcoming marriage to American Sara (Nikohl Boosheri) while trying to also live a hidden life as his true self, a homosexual man. Co-stars include Hend Ayoub, James Penfold and Harry Aspinwall.
This is the first film under ArabQ, which launched at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival. The film is set to premiere ...
The movie, from Egyptian filmmaker Sam Abbas, will star Abbas as Rami, a young Muslim-American man who must worry about his upcoming marriage to American Sara (Nikohl Boosheri) while trying to also live a hidden life as his true self, a homosexual man. Co-stars include Hend Ayoub, James Penfold and Harry Aspinwall.
This is the first film under ArabQ, which launched at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival. The film is set to premiere ...
- 8/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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