Saeed

Saeed

7.0IMDb Score
Released:2019-04-28
Genre:Drama
Duration:15 min
Country:
Director:Joan Stein Schimke
Actors:Laith Nakli, May Calamawy, Aleena Eltabib, Jackson Frazer, Adham Murched
Production:Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

Overview:

Even though Sami is safe in the United States with his 9-year-old daughter, Aya, the injures sustained during the war in Syria are making his life difficult. When news breaks that the rest of his family will arrive from a refugee camp, he should be as elated as Aya. But as Aya grows more eager to see her brother Saeed, Sami grows more anxious.

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