Days Of Cinema

"A Maid for Each" Film

Saturday, October 21 at 6 PM - 8 PM

At the Palestinian National Theatre - Jerusalem
 
Domestic work is a real market in Lebanon, segmented according to the national and ethnic origins of the workers and in which the Lebanese employer is master. Zein owns a domestic worker agency in Beirut. He arranges for Asian and African women to work in Lebanese households and assists his clients in choosing “mail-order” housemaids that will best suit their needs. Advertisement, justice and police are on his side. He decides to open his agency for the film. In partnership with Berlinale Forum / Forum Expanded, the Arsenal Institute for Film & Video Art, and NAAS
Director: Maher Abi Samra 
Producer(s): Sabine Sidawi & Jinane Dagher/Orjouane Productions Lebanon / France / Norway / United Arab Emirates 2016
Duration: 67 min
Language: Arabic with English subtitles