When Monaliza Smiled

Produced in 2012

Film Information

Festival Edition 2014 - Edition 14

Section Panorama

Director Fadi Haddad

Country Jordan

Duration 95 mins

Language Arabic

Category Panorama 2014

Producer Nadia Eliewat, Nadine Toukan

Screenplay Fadi Haddad

Cast Tahani Salim, Shady Khalaf, Haifa Agha, Suha Najjar, Nadera Omran (special appearance)

Genre Drama

Synopsis

Monaliza, a 37-year-old Jordanian woman unable to draw a smile, grew up with her grumpy, older, unmarried, agoraphobic sister, Afaf. After a 10-year wait, Monaliza finally gets a job in an archaic government department where she meets Hamdi, the jolly Egyptian tea guy. On her journey of transformation, Monaliza is confronted by a community of nosy and quirky stereotypes from the heart of the colorful city, Amman.