Looking for Oum Kulthum (2017) | Trailer | Neda Rahmanian | Yasmin Raeis | Mehdi Moinzadeh

Watch Looking for Oum Kulthum (2017) Trailer on The Match Factory Mitra is an ambitious artist in her forties who embarks on her dream project of making a film about the legendary Egyptian singer and diva Oum Kulthum. Her film explores the struggles, sacrifices and the price of Oum Kulthum's success as a female artist in a male dominated society. However, having left her family behind for her career and in her efforts to capture the essence of Oum Kulthum as a myth, a woman and an artist, Mitra's own struggles blend with those of the singer and she finds herself caught in an emotional and artistic breakdown.

Directors: Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari (co-director)
Writers: Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshat
Stars: Neda Rahmanian, Yasmin Raeis, Mehdi Moinzadeh