The Virgin, the Copts and Me

• Director: Namir Abdel Messeeh
• Writer: Namir Abdel Messeeh, Nathalie Najem, Anne Paschetta
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Synopsis: In his feature debut, French-Egyptian filmmaker Namir Abdel Messeeh sets out to investigate the phenomenon of supposedly miraculous Virgin Mary apparitions in Egypt’s Coptic Christian community. But when the secular director faces opposition from skittish producers and his Coptic family, Namir turns the camera on his wonderfully smart-alecky mother and reimagines his film as a touching, uniquely hilarious portrait of family and heritage. In Arabic, French with subtitles. [Synopsis courtesy of Tribeca]