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Souad

Nineteen-year-old Souad leads a complex double life in this film by Egyptian director Ayten Amin.

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

Souad

What happens when traditional views on the position of women clash with the modern way of life embodied by social media? This is what Egyptian director Ayten Amin addresses in her film, which she co-wrote and produced.

On the bus, a young student is telling one passenger about her fiancé being a soldier in the army, next she is chatting to someone else about her fiancé being a doctor. Both stories are untrue. 19-year-old Souad from Zagazig, a small town in Egypt's Nile Delta, leads a complicated double life: her life in the virtual world of Facebook is filled with fun and excitement, it is the life she would love to have, but in the real world she has to adapt to the traditional views of her conservatively religious parents. It all leads to an inevitable collision, particularly when she can no longer hide her fantasy world from her family. The consequences are immense, especially for her younger sister Rabab.