Her Mother's Daughter
Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage
Dima El-Horr / Feature Narrative / Lebanon, France, Qatar / 100 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Women, Comedy, Female Director
Synopsis
Tamara, sexy and sparkling, is a professor of biology at the American University of Beirut. She also experiences panic attacks, collects love affairs, hangs out in bars and listens to rock music. Both running from and searching for an ideal love, Tamara dreams of emigrating far from the social and political constraints of Lebanon, and escaping her mother’s constant blackmail. A bright spot illuminates her life when she meets Eddy, a loving man whose personality is similar to her own. A car bomb that explodes in the heart of Beirut shifts Tamara’s focus. She witnesses the cruelty of politics, the injustice of medical services, and the poverty and lost youth of the Palestinian camps.
Credits
- Director
- Dima El-Horr
- Screenwriter
- Dima El-Horr, Raphaëlle Valbrune
- Producer
- Thierry Lenouvel
About the Director
Dima El-Horr was born in 1972 in Beirut. In 1995, she left for the US to study, and received a Masters of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her senior film, ‘The Street’, was selected for 30 international film festivals and won several prizes. Her second short film, ‘Prêt-à-porter Imm Ali’ (2003), was selected for many international film festivals, including Clermont- Ferrand, and won numerous prizes, including the Antigone d’Or at the Mediterranean Film Festival in Montpellier. Her first feature film, ‘Every Day Is a Holiday’ (2009) was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Rome International Film Festival, and more than 30 others, and it received the Jury Prize at the Cinematographic Days of Carthage.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Arnaud Dommerc
- Company:
- Andolfi Production
- Phone:
- +33 950 652 305
- Email:
- arnaud@andolfi.fr
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Main Contact
Thierry Lenouvel
- Company:
- Ciné-Sud Promotion
- Phone:
- +33 144 545 477
- Email:
- thierry@cinesudpromotion.com
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Main Contact
Thierry Henri Gaston Lenouvel
- Company:
- Ciné-Sud Promotion
- Phone:
- +33 144 545 477
- Email:
- thierry@cinesudpromotion.com