Arab Blues

Arab Blues

★ 6.1IMDb Score
Released:2020-02-12
Duration:88 min
Director:Manele Labidi
Actors:Golshifteh Farahani, Hichem Yacoubi, Majd Mastoura, Aïsha Ben Miled, Ramla Ayari
Production:Kazak Productions, ARTE France Cinéma
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Overview:

Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.

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