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04/06/2021 Drama 1h 29m
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Overview

Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.

  1. Aleem Khan

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joanna Scanlan

    Mary/Fahima

  2. Nathalie Richard

    Genevieve

  3. Nasser Memarzia

    Ahmed

  4. Talid Ariss

    Solomon

  5. Sudha Bhuchar

    Farzanna

  6. Nisha Chadha

    Mina

  7. Jabeen Butt

    Saadia

  8. Subika Anwar-Khan

    Salma

  9. Elijah Braik

    Farooq

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-15
Joanna Scanlan is really good here. She is "Mary", a British woman who converted to Islam to better share her life with her husband "Ahmed" whose family hailed from Pakistan. She is desolate when he unexpectedly dies, but discovers he had a secret second family - in France. Determined to meet them, she travels to their home, but her garb leads "Geneviève" (Nathalie Richard) to think she is but their agency cleaning lady. "Mary" plays along as the woman and her teenage son "Solomon" (Farid Ariss) are about to move house. What now becomes clear is that the young man misses his father, has a liv...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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