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May in the Summer
- Director: Cherien Dabis
- Writer: Cherien Dabis
- Producer: Cherien Dabis; Beau J. Genot
CGiii Comment
This film did all the film festivals...and then, zilch.
Dialogue driven - to breaking point...Dabis tells everything and shows nothing.
There is a lesbian character - and, it's not too difficult to guess who it is! So, that whole revelation isn't exactly revelatory.
There is a strong whiff of 'vanity' in this film - Dabis gives herself no challenges in any department...but, she looks good throughout.
One - solely - for the egg-white frittata eating population.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
High off the success of her first book and planning to marry ZIAD, her sensible, stable and studious fiance, MAY BRENNAN has it all. At least that's what she'd like people to believe. Reunited with her family in Amman, she's thrust back into the chaos of her former existence. Her headstrong mother NADINE, a born-again Christian disapproves of her Muslim fiance so thoroughly she plans to boycott the wedding. Her younger sisters DALIA and YASMINE behave like her children. And her estranged father EDWARD is suddenly and suspiciously interested in making amends. As her wedding day looms, May finds herself more and more confronted by the trauma of her parents divorce. And soon, her once carefully structured life spins hopelessly out of control.
Cast & Characters
Alexander Siddig as Ziad;
Hiam Abbass as Nadine;
Cherien Dabis as May;
James Garson Chick as Party boy;
Ritu Singh Pande as Anu;
Nadine Malouf as Yasmine;
Elie Mitri as Karim;
Nasri Sayegh as Tamer