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Over-sensitive Islamists will cry ridicule, yet the Syrian-born Sattouf skewers all sexist and absolutist notions.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
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In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true.
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