The Queen of My Dreams

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At the French Institute:

WED 11/06 ● 10 pm

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Title: The Queen of My Dreams
Direction: Fawzia Mirza
Cast: Amrit Kaur, Nimra Bucha, Hamza Haq
Production: Baby Daal Productions
Distribution: LevelK
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 99′
Country: Canada, Pakistan
Year: 2023
Original version in English and Urdu. Subtitles in Spanish and Catalan

Festivals: Atlanta (LGBTQ), Austin (SXSW), Barcelona (Asian cinema), Bergen, Birmingham (Indian cinema), Boston (LGBTQ), Calgary, Cannes, Cardiff (LGBTQ), Chicago (LGBTQ), Cleveland, Colorado Springs (Women’s cinema), Philadelphia (cinema about racialized people), Hong Kong (LGBTQ), kyiv (LGBTQ), London, London (LGBTQ), London (Indian cinema), Melbourne (LGBTQ), Miami, Miami (LGBTQ), Milwaukee, Montreal (LGBTQ), Mumbai (LGBTQ), Munich, New York (LGBTQ), Ottawa, Paris (lesbian and feminist cinema), Patmos, Powell River (Canada), Pune (India), Salt Lake City (LGBTQ), San Francisco (LGBTQ), San Francisco (Southeast Asian cinema), São Paulo (LGBTQ), San Diego (Asian cinema), Seattle, Sydney (LGBTQ), Toronto, Toronto (Asian cinema), Toronto (Regent Park), Whistler (Canada), Winston-Salem, Whitehorse (Canada)

In 1999 Toronto, lesbian Muslim grad student Azra is happily studying acting and shacking up with her (white, non-Muslim) girlfriend half the globe away from her strictly religious mother Miriam. When her father passes away unexpectedly, Azra returns to Pakistan, her homeland, reliving her childhood memories of growing up in Karachi. Although distance and ideology have driven Azra and Mariam apart, this mother and daughter — seemingly with little in common — forge a new connection at the busy intersection of East and West, past and present. Evoking the colors and spirit of Bollywood musicals, The Queen of My Dreams is a luminous dramedy about the complicated (and often ubiquitous) bonds between mothers and daughters.

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