π Overview:
Cinema Fouad is a documentary portrait of Khaled El Kurdi, a Syrian trans woman living in Beirut, where she earns a living as a domestic worker and belly dancer. Soueid shows us scenes of El Kurdiβs domestic world: eating, applying make-up, dancing in her bedroom, all while reflecting on her life and experiences. She expresses her desire to undergo gender reassignment surgery, and mourns the death of her lover, a Palestinian freedom fighter. She often alludes to the aggressions she faces outside of her home, and through her adept defiance in the face of some of Soueidβs more goading questions, we recognize the echoing of these aggressions in his role as interviewer.
π Languages Available:
Arabic
π Date Released:
1993-01-01
β Running Time:
41 mins
β Vote Average:
0.0
Beloved Cast
Herself
Khaled El Kurdi