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A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile is a canadien film of genre Documentary directed by Sophie Deraspe released in USA on 24 january 2015

A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile (2015)

A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile
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Released in USA 24 january 2015
Length 1h24
Directed by
OriginCanada
Rating69% 3.469713.469713.469713.469713.46971

The Amina Profile (French: Le profil Amina) is a Canadian documentary film directed by Sophie Deraspe and coproduced by Esperamos and the National Film Board of Canada, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema category. The film was retitled A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile by it's U.S. distributor IFC for the theatrical release and for subsequent film festival screenings.

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The film centres on Sandra Bagaria, a Montreal woman who was in an online relationship with star blogger Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari. Bagaria became involved in the international attempt to rescue Arraf after her purported abduction by the Syrian regime.

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