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Hiam Abbas, Hend Sabry Set for Lebanese Social Comedy ‘Your Turn, 203’
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Hiam Abbas, Hend Sabry Set for Lebanese Social Comedy ‘Your Turn, 203’

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Hiam Abbas, who played Marcia Roy in HBO’s “Succession,” and Tunisian-Egyptian star Hend Sabri (“Four Daughters,” “Finding Ola”) are set to star in “Your Turn, 203,” a social comedy set in a battered Beirut. Abbas plays a housewife named Aida who replies to a casting call for extras to make ends meet.

“Your Turn, 203,” which is a working title, is to be directed by Lebanese filmmaker Cynthia Sawma, making her feature film debut after working as a casting director on major Arab films, including Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,” and subsequently making several award-winning shorts. Lebanon’s Abbout Prods. and France’s Wheelhouse Prods. are lead-producing, with Mohamed Hefzy’s Film Clinic, Gianluca Chakra’s Front Row and Lebanese producer Antoine Khelife also on board.

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