Breaking Fast
Director: Mike Mosallam
Writer: Mike Mosallam
Cast: Haaz Sleiman, Michael Cassidy, Amin El Gamal, Patrick Sabongui, Christopher J. Hanke, Rula Gardenier
Part of: Transition Queer Film Fesitval
Seen on: 19.11.2020
Plot:
Last year during Ramadan, Mo (Haaz Sleiman) and his boyfriend Hassan (Patrick Sabongui) broke up because Hassan wanted to get married to please his family. A year later and Mo is still dreading Ramadan, and especially having to break fast alone. At his best friend Sam’s (Amin El Gamal) birthday party, Mo meets Kal (Michael Cassidy) and they hit it off. Before Mo really knows what’s happening, Kal offers to break fast with him, despite the fact that Kal is not muslim.
Breaking Fast is a delightful, sweet RomCom that offers us a glimpse of what it can mean to be a gay muslim in Hollywood. I really, really enjoyed it.
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