Barakah Meets Barakah

Barakah yoqabil Barakah

Genre

Comedy

Director

Mahmoud Sabbagh

Run time

1h 28min

In a strict social environment hostile to romantic relations in all its forms, Barakah is an employee of the municipality of Jeddah and an amateur actor who trains to present Ophelia in the play “Hamlet”.

One day he meets Barakah, an attractive girl who constantly posts videos through her Instagram account, and together they try to circumvent the reactionary laws that surround them and the authority of the religious police that exerts influence on all walks of life.

“Barakah Meets Barakah” is a film for anyone who’s always wanted to know just what else is going on in Saudi Arabia.

Genre

Comedy

Director

Mahmoud Sabbagh

Run time

1h 28min

In a strict social environment hostile to romantic relations in all its forms, Barakah is an employee of the municipality of Jeddah and an amateur actor who trains to present Ophelia in the play “Hamlet”.

One day he meets Barakah, an attractive girl who constantly posts videos through her Instagram account, and together they try to circumvent the reactionary laws that surround them and the authority of the religious police that exerts influence on all walks of life.

“Barakah Meets Barakah” is a film for anyone who’s always wanted to know just what else is going on in Saudi Arabia.

Info

Rating

(none)

Production year

2016

Global distributor

Film Clinic

Local distributor

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ

In cinema

11/24/2019