Director: Ruba Nadda
Stars: Arsinee Khanjian, Shawn Doyle
Sabah (Khanjian) is a 40-something, single Muslim woman, who dutifully takes care of her mother, and deals with the strict rules of her religion within her close-knit family in Toronto. She decides to take swimming lessons (a big no-no, apparently) and meets a non-Muslim named Stephen, and falls in love. Keeping the relationship from her family is complicated, and eventually they decide to tell them.
It's one of those quiet, slow-moving stories. A kind of real life story. It was a lot like Sweet Land, which I reviewed a few weeks ago. I liked Sweet Land better, but still this was sweet, and definitely worth watching.
