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‘My Driver & I’ Stars Switched On-Screen Roles in Preparing for Ahd Kamel’s Very Personal Saudi Film

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Georg Szalai
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Unlikely Saudi friends switch roles in personal coming-of-age film 'My Driver & I' that explores pre-driving ban era
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  • Stars Roula Dakheelallah and Mustafa Shehata bonded by spending time exploring Jeddah, with Dakheelallah playing 'driver' to Shehata's character in real life
  • Director Ahd Kamel's film is inspired by her own childhood, offering a intimate look at the relationship between a rebellious girl and her Sudanese chauffeur in 1980s-90s Saudi Arabia
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Ahd Kamel, Roula Dakheelallah, Mustafa Shehata, Mishaal Tamer, Rana Alamuddine, Qusai Kheder, Red Sea International Film Festival, My Driver & I
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