Some Like It Veiled (2017)
Cherchez la femme
88 min
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 ...
- Release date
- December 28, 2017
- Country of origin
- France
- Budget
- $3,987,716
- Box office
- $1,738,143
Where to watch
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Cast
- Félix Moati as Armand
- Camélia Jordana as Leila
- William Lebghil as Mahmoud
- Anne Alvaro as Mitra
- Laurent Delbecque as Nicolas
- Oscar Copp as Fabrice-Farid
- Oussama Kheddam as Mustafa
- Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic as Darius
- Carl Malapa as Sinna
- Grégory Montel as Agent Garnier
- Hamid Djavadan as M. Yaghmaian
- Behi Djanati Atai as Mme Yaghmaian
- Sâm Mirhosseini as Abdoullah
- Karim Belkhadra as Imam
- Jean-Louis Tilburg as Brigadier Ambassade d'Iran
- Walid Ben Mabrouk as Ahmed
Crew
- Sou Abadi · Director
- Sou Abadi · Writer
- Michael Gentile · Producer
- Jérôme Rebotier · Composer
- Yves Angelo · Cinematographer
- Virginie Bruant · Editor
- Aurélie Guichard · Casting director
- Denis Gautelier · Production designer