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14/03/2019 Drama 1h 30m
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Overview

When an aspiring filmmaker tries to make a project about Jeddah little does he know what the beloved city means to him until stumbling upon an underrated maven cinematographer living in a country without cinema.

  1. Abdulelah Alqurashi

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Khaled Yeslam

    Omar Nizar

  2. Shaher Al Qurashi

    Farid Lutfi

  3. Sarah Taibah

    Lina Najjar

  4. Saleem Homsi

    Saleem

  5. Fatima Husein

    Halah

  6. Fatima Al-Banawi

    Sophie

  7. Naif Aldufairi

    Mohannad

  8. Anmar Fathaldin

    Mahroos

  9. Sami Hifny

    Amm Hamza

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Reviews

A review by ayaa1977
Written by ayaa1977 on 2019-03-17
As far as I know, Roll'em is the first Saudi film to be commercially screened in Saudi cinemas after lifting the ban on public theatres in 2017. Our Saudi cinema has a lot of catching up to do, so I went to watch this film with my expectations lowered, but I am happy to say it exceeded them by a lot.

The protagonist Omar is an a aspiring and frustrated filmmaker. He is a flawed yet well rounder character. He is hotheaded and broody, and he really hates his 9-5 job as a director in an ad agency, and despised the compromises he has to do to make ends meet. He is in love with a lovely woman Le...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Arabic

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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