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Sharia (2016)
Sofiane is an Arab immigrant who lives in the US away from religion, customs, and traditions of his native land. His life is turned upside down as his American wife; Heather, starts making drastic changes in her spiritual beliefs and lifestyle. Although not really excited about Heather's decision, Sofiane puts an act in front of her to look supportive. But as time goes by, Heather's religious practices start to brings back to him old memories of painful experiences, and threaten to unearth a past Sofiane thought was buried forever.
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Sofiane is an Arab immigrant who lives in the US away from religion, customs, and traditions of his native land. His life is turned upside down as his American wife; Heather, starts making drastic changes in her spiritual beliefs and lifestyle. Although not really excited about Heather's decision, Sofiane puts an act in front of her to look supportive. But as time goes by, Heather's religious practices start to brings back to him old memories of painful experiences, and threaten to unearth a past Sofiane thought was buried forever.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Anouar H. Smaine
In Theaters:2/12/2016
Box Office:
Runtime:39 minutes
Studio:Amblem Pictures
Cast
Anouar H. Smaine
Director
Said Faraj
Sofiane Benabas
Lauren Byrnes
Heather Keenan
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Hamza Benabas
Anouar H. Smaine
Robert Brooks
Mike Batayeh
Rajiv Mehta
Sam Sako
Salah Albaghdadi
MacKenzie Cleveland
Lady Customer
Emily Rose Debinie
Amina Albaghdadi
Shelly Skandrani
Phyllis
Taja V. Simpson
Taja V. Simpson
Danielle Coyne
Linette
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