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When Maryam Spoke Out
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Wikipedia article
'When Maryam Spoke Out' is a 2001 Lebanese film directed by Assad Fouladkar and based on a true event that happened in Lebanon.
It is a social story about a couple, Ziad and Maryam, who lead a happy marriage, except for the fact that after three years of marriage Maryam has still not had a baby. Her husband Ziad is compassionate and assures her, that he still loves her. Nonetheless, Maryam cannot escape the growing pressure from the family, especially from her mother-in-law. She reacts to it in her own way with a false pregnancy. The initial enthusiasm and care is quickly gone when it becomes clear they are not really expecting a baby.
'When Maryam Spoke Out' is Fouladkar's first feature film.
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Synopsis
After three years of happily married life, Ziyad and Maryam feel the social pressure to have a child. Their previously happy relationship becomes poisoned when it is discovered that Maryam is infertile.
Cast and characters
*Bernadette Hodeib as ' Maryam'
*Talal El-Jordi as 'Ziyad'
*Rene Dik
*Umaya Lahoud
*Joseph Abu-Dames
*Randa Alam
Awards
*'Best performance by an actress' for Bernadette Hodeib at the sixth Biennale des Cinemas Arabes, 2002, Paris, France.[http://www.imarabe.org/temp/films/biennale6/palmares.html IMA France]
*'Best Film' and 'Best performance by an actress' for Bernadette Hodeib at the Carthage Film Festival, 2002, Carthage, Tunisia.[https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0343175/awards IMDb]
*'Best Film' and 'Best performance by an actress' for Bernadette Hodeib at the Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt
*'Best actress' for Bernadette Hodeib, 'Critics Award' and the 'Golden Dagger' for Assad Fouladkar at the Muscat Film Festival, 2003, Amman.
References
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