When Maryam Spoke Out

Infobox_Film
name =When Maryam Spoke Out


imdb_id =0343175
writer =Assad Fouladkar
starring =Bernadette Hodeib Talal El-Jordi Renée Dik Umaya Lahoud Joseph Abu-Dames Randa Alam
director =Assad Fouladkar
music = Nidaa Abou Mrad
cinematography = Joseph Chmali
producer : Assad Fouladkar The Lebanese American University
released =2002
runtime =98 min.
language =Arabic

"When Maryam Spoke Out" (Arabic: لمّا حكيت مريم "Lamma hikyit maryam") is a 2002 Lebanese film directed by Assad Fouladkar and based on a true event that happened in Lebanon. It is a social story about a couple, Ziad and Maryam, who lead a happy marriage, except for the fact that after three years of marriage Maryam has still not had a baby. Her husband Ziad is compassionate and assures her, that he still loves her. Nonetheless, Maryam cannot escape the growing pressure from the family, especially from her mother-in-law. She reacts to it in her own way with a false pregnancy. The initial enthusiasm and care is quickly gone when it becomes clear they’re not really expecting a baby.When Maryam Spoke Out is Fouladkar's first feature film. [http://hoyts.ninemsn.com/movie/477.asp Hoyts Movies] ]

ynopsis

After three years of happily married life, Ziyad and Maryam feel the social pressure to have a child. Their previously happy relationship becomes poisoned when it is discovered that Maryam is infertile.

Cast and Characters

*Bernadette Hodeib as " Maryam"
*Talal El-Jordi as "Ziyad"
*Renée Dik
*Umaya Lahoud
*Joseph Abu-Dames
*Randa Alam

Awards

*"Best performance by an actress" for Bernadette Hodeib at the sixth Biennale des Cinemas Arabes, 2002, Paris, France. [ [http://www.imarabe.org/temp/films/biennale6/palmares.html IMA France] ]
*"Best Film" and "Best performance by an actress" for Bernadette Hodeib at the Carthage Film Festival, 2002, Carthage, Tunisia. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0343175/awards IMBD] ]
*"Best Film" and "Best performance by an actress" for Bernadette Hodeib at the Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt
*"Best actress" for Bernadette Hodeib, "Critics Award" and the "Golden Dagger" for Assad Fouladkar at the Muscat Film Festival, 2003, Amman.

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