Abdelinho

Abdelinho

2021 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

In love with Brazil and Maria, a soap opera heroin harassed by a corrupt contractor, Abdelinho suffers parallel ordeal in Morocco by pressure of Amr Taleb, a dogmatic, moralistic priest, enforcing religious purity on the community

Directed by Hicham Ayouch · Written by Hicham Ayouch

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