1993 · drama · romance · political
The Extras
Directed by Nabil Maleh1h 40m1993
Salem dreams of being an actor but is still working in a gas station, only his love for Nada can make things easier for him.
Our read: The Extras (1993) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · romance · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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