Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

Hebba, a television-speaker, presents a successful political talk show on a privately owned network. Karim, her husband, is deputy editor in chief of a government-owned newspaper whose ambition is to become editor in chief. He is led to believe by the Party big shots that his wife’ constant meddling with opposition politics could put his promotion in danger. He convinces Hebba to stay away from politics, and devote her program to social issues for which the government cannot be held responsible. Then, she starts a series of talk shows around issues involving women. She listens to the stories of resilient, strong women, who, like Scheherazade in A Thousand and One Nights, tell their stories to stay alive. Gradually, she finds herself walking in a minefield of abuse, sexual, religious, social and political repression.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA