Grandma, a Thousand Times (2011)

Name: Grandma, a Thousand Times
Genre: Documentary, Music, Kids & Family
Released: 2011-12-09

50m

Running Time

Plot.

Teta Kaabour is an 83-year old family matriarch and sharp-witted queen bee of an old Beiruti quarter. She’s been gripped as of late by the silence of her once-buzzing household where she raised children and grandchildren. Resigned to Argileh smoking and day-long coffee drinking on a now-empty balcony, Teta now invokes the deepest memories of her violinist husband who died twenty years ago. She claims a preparedness to re-unite with him.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Free

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Cast & Crew.

Al Hajjeh Fatima

Teta

Mahmoud Kaabour

Director

Muriel Aboulrouss

Cinematographer

Patricia Heneine

Editor

Details.

Release Date
December 9, 2011

Original Name
Teta, Alf Marra

Status
Released

Running Time
50m

Genres
Documentary Music Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

grandchildren

household

memory

violin player

family

grandmother

Wiki.

Teta, Alf Marra (Arabic for: Grandma, A Thousand Times) is a 2010 Arabic-language documentary film about the life of a grandmother living in Beiruti.

The film has a runtime of 48 minutes and was co-produced by the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Lebanon. It was financially supported by the Doha Film Institute and Screen Institute Beirut, and produced by Veritas Films. It was also the first film released by a company based in Twofour54, a media content creation free zone in Abu Dhabi.

“Teta, Alf Marra” is recognized as the first locally produced documentary to be shown in cinemas in the UAE and to secure regional distribution. It was also the first documentary produced in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to qualify for the Academy Awards, following theatrical screening in Los Angeles and New York City.