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The Great Safae, is a 2014 Saudi movie, directed by Randa Maroufi, and starring Latefa Ahrrare, Salima BenMoumen, Ramia Filali. with a runtime of 16 minutes.
The Great Safae is a documentary film inspired by a real person known as "Safaa the Great" — a transvestite who spent years working as a maid for the director's family without anyone in the household discovering her true gender identity. The film gently unravels this hidden life, raising profound questions about identity, secrecy, and social acceptance in a conservative context. Intimate and thought-provoking, it invites viewers into the silent and complex inner world of a person living between masks, offering a rare window into marginalized experience in Arab society.
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