Some Like It Veiled

2017 1h 28m FR

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6.1

MID

★6.1TMDB · 218

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Armand and Leila, students at Science Po, are a young couple. They plan to go to New York to do their internship at the United Nations. But when Mahmoud, Leila's big brother, returns from a long stay in Yemen, which radically transformed him, he is opposed to his sister's love relationship and decides to remove him at any cost from Armand. To enter Mahmoud and see again Leila, Armand has no choice: he must slip the integral veil! The next day, a certain Scheherazade with a veiled face rings at the door of Leila, and she will not leave Mahmoud indifferent ...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Félix Moati
Armand
Camélia Jordana
Leila
William Lebghil
Mahmoud
Anne Alvaro
Mitra
Laurent Delbecque
Nicolas
Oscar Copp
Fabrice-Farid
Oussama Kheddam
Mustafa
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Darius

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sou Abadi
Writers: Sou Abadi, Sou Abadi, Sou Abadi
Languages: Arabic, French, Persian
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 44% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, French, Persian.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sou Abadi, shot by Yves Angelo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jérôme Rebotier. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Virginie Bruant shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sou Abadi directs. Yves Angelo behind the camera. Jérôme Rebotier scores. Virginie Bruant cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France. Dialogue in Arabic, French, Persian.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Earned back only 44% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
4Released 9 years ago.
5Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, French, Persian.
6Directed by Sou Abadi, shot by Yves Angelo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Jérôme Rebotier. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Virginie Bruant shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Félix Moati and Camélia Jordana and William Lebghil carry the top of the cast.
10IMDB entry: tt5636222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.