Kiss Me Not

At a glance

Kiss Me Not, is a 2018 Egyptian movie, directed by Ahmad Amer, and starring Yasmine Raeis, Mohamed Mahran, Salwa Mohamed Ali. with a runtime of 88 minutes.

Overview

Kiss Me Not is an Egyptian comedy-drama set behind the scenes of a film production. Fajr is a popular glamour star cast as the lead in a young director's debut feature — until she refuses to perform a kissing scene, throwing the entire shoot into crisis. With the director and producer scrambling to salvage their project, all parties attempt to negotiate a compromise that satisfies everyone's demands. What begins as a contractual dispute unfolds into a witty and self-aware examination of Egyptian cinema's internal contradictions: the gap between commercial expectations and artistic integrity, the pressures placed on performers, and the particular negotiations around identity and propriety that shape the industry.

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