Summertime

Summertime

2025 · 103 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama

7-year-old Atta is taken to a fortune teller to identify the thief of her aunt's gold during a ceremony. Atta, who has no idea of the outcome of what she utters in that situation, to get out of that situation, tells everything from her aunt's definitions about Dawood, her other cousin.

Directed by Mahmoud Kalari · Written by Mahmoud Kalari

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