The Burdened
Aug 11 2023
•2h 31m
•Drama
When Isra’a discovers she is expecting another baby amid the civil war in Yemen, she and her husband decide she should have an abortion. But this creates enormous difficulties – in their relationship and elsewhere. A moving story from an all-too-often forgotten crisis region.
Cast
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Khaled Hamdan
Ahmed
Abeer Mohammed
Isra’a
Samah Alamrani
Muna
Awsam Abdulrahman
Muna
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