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| Directed by Fawzia Mirza |
| Canada, 2023 (fiction, 97 minutes, colour, English / Urdu) |
| Also known as "Me, My Mom & Sharmila" |
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| Image: © fawziamirza.com |
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Film Description: "In 1999, the sudden death of her father Hassan (Hamza Haq) sends queer Muslim grad student Azra (Amrit Kaur) flying back to her ancestral home in Pakistan, where her stern mother Mariam (Nimra Bucha) demands she play the role of the perfect grieving daughter. But through flashbacks to Mariam's own life in Karachi 30 years before, we see the connections uniting mother and daughter, starting with their shared love of the Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore. Fawzia Mirza's bright, energetic first feature, which grew out of their 2012 short film of the same name, explores the chasm between individual desires and cultural expectations, fluidly slipping between the textures of Indian cinema and the concerns of a Canadian coming-of-age picture. Mirza builds a convincing sense of time and place, showcasing a great dual performance from Kaur (The Sex Lives of College Girls) as both Azra and the younger Mariam and allowing a charismatic supporting turn from Haq (Transplant) as both versions of Hassan. As the older Mariam, veteran actor Bucha, whom you may recognize from Ms. Marvel, harmonizes with Kaur, showing us hints of the woman Mariam used to be within the person she's become. [...]" -- Norm Wilner (source) |
| Film Credits (partial): | |
| Written by: | Fawzia Mirza |
| Produced by: | Jason Levangie, Marc Tetreault, Andria Wilson Mirza, Damon D'Oliveira, Robina Riccitiello, Josh Peters, Anam Abbas, Carol Ann Noronha, Kamil Chima, Alexander Stegmaier |
| Principal Cast: | Amrit Kaur, Nimra Bucha, Hamza Haq, Ayana Manji, Gul-e-Rana, Charlie Boyle, Trina Corkum, Josh MacDonald, Kirstin Howell, Ali A. Kazmi, Emerson MacNeil, Meher Jaffri, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Kya Mosey, Lindsay Watters, Adnan Jaffar |
| Cinematography: | Matt Irwin |
| Film Editing: | Simone Smith |
| Music: | Alysha Brilla |
| Production Company: | Baby Daal Productions, Shut Up and Colour Pictures |
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