Nour Shams
Shams, an Uber driver in Jeddah, is a single mother with two obsessions: her only child, Makki, and her African desserts.Shams struggles to convince Makki to follow the traditional path of marriage and to show any interest in her desserts.
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Shams, an Uber driver in Jeddah, is a single mother with two obsessions: her only child, Makki, and her African desserts. Shams struggles to convince Makki to follow the traditional path of marriage and to show any interest in her desserts. In fact, Makki’s passion unravels as he decides to participate in a hip-hop competition, which could lead to winning an extended trip to France and separate them for the first time in their lives. Shams is forced to decide which is more important: losing her son or finding herself.
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- Release date
- Dec 1, 2021
- Runtime
- 0h 26m
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- Language
- Arabic
- Country
- United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia
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