May in the Summer (2013)

May in the Summer: Directed by Cherien Dabis. With Cherien Dabis, Alaadin Khasawneh, Alia Shawkat, Nadine Malouf. May returns to her childhood home in Jordan for her wedding. Shortly after reuniting with her sisters and their long-since divorced parents, myriad familial and cultural conflicts lead May to question the big step she is about to take.

“Letu0026#39;s just start saying that I do not believe that this movie got under six stars on IMDb. This is an amazing Indie movie. Starting with the photography which is beautiful and then going to the plot and to the actors. So refreshing… I loved the expressions of the daughters every time the mother, who is a devoted Christian, made funny religious comments. I can relate so well, I am Brazilian but my father was a Christian Lebanese, so I grew up with both Brazilian and Middle Eastern culture and also with the u0026quot;religiousu0026quot; behavior of my dad. And it is just like that, besides Middle Eastern people are very friendly and warm and what a hospitality they have, but they are also in everybodyu0026#39;s business, pressuring and pushing for marriage and education and all families are kind of dysfunctional, it is just crazy and lovely. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGoing back to the movie, I thought with was amazing, sweet, beautiful, female power and funny. Love the soundtrack too. The scenes when they go to the u0026quot;Red Seau0026quot; for the bachelorette party are awesome and hilarious. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnother movie, like this is u0026quot;Caramelu0026quot;, from director u0026quot;Nadine Labakiu0026quot;”