Lubna Azabal
Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress, born in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. After studing at the Conservatoire royal of Brussels, she began a theatrical career in Belgium. In 1997, she took her first film role when Belgian film-maker Vincent Lannoo chose her to act beside Olivier Gourmet in his short film J'adore le cinéma. She performs in both French and Arabic films. She was raised trilingual (French, Spanish and Berber). She also speaks fluent English and Arabic. Her most widely known role is in the 2005 Golden Globe-winning Palestinian political thriller, Paradise Now. She can also be spotted in a smaller role in Ridley Scott's recent film Body of Lies. Azabal won the Black Pearl Award 2010 (Abu Dhabi Film Festival) for Best Actress for her role in the film Incendies. She also won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 31st Genie Awards.
Incendies
as NawalA mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of...
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The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the...
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Mary Magdalene
as SusannahIn the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged...
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Simone: Woman of the Century
as Hafsia HamdadSimone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her...
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Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on...
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Headwinds
as La mère de YamineSarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later...
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Paradise Now
as SuhaTwo childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
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The Blue Caftan
as MinaHalim has been married to Mina for a long time, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in...
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Rebel
as LeilaKamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the...
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Le dossier Maldoror
as Mme SantosBelgium, 1995. The disturbing disappearance of two young girls upsets the population and...
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Sofia
as LeilaSofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds...
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You Promised Me the Sea
as RabiaRennes, nowadays. Saïd still lives with his parents. He is having a secret affair with Vincent....
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A Bluebird in My Heart
as NadiaAn ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering...
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Viva Algeria
as GoucemThis movie portrays three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic...
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Rabia
as MadameDriven by the promise of a new life, Jessica (19) and her best friend Laila left for Syria to...
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Hellhole
as SamiraThree starkly different people deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Brussels in...
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Exiles
as NaimaOne day Zano suggest a crazy idea to his companion Naïma: travel across France and Spain down to...
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Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Amel ZeroualFive brothers similar yet different, raised by a mother widowed too early. One of them had left...
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Tel Aviv on Fire
as TalaSalam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a...
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Above the Law
as Lucie TeslaFrank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he...
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I Am Slave
as HaleemaBased on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia,...
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Adam
as AblaAbla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her...
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Goodbye Morocco
as DouniaTangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site...
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24 Bars
as HellyIt is Christmas Eve. Separated from her young son, Helly struggles for money. A solitary man,...
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For My Country
as NadiaAissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation...
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Changing Times
as NadiaIn Tangiers where he traveled for his work, a man finds the woman he loved, and attempts to...
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Lola Pater
as MalikaWhen his mother dies, Zino decides to look for his father, Farid. But twenty-five years ago,...
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Almost Peaceful
as JacquelineSet during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a...
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Free Men
as Warba Shlimane alias LeilaIn Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected...
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Here
as Gadarine NazarianSet against the gorgeous landscape of Armenia, Here chronicles a brief but intense relationship...
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Rock the Casbah
as KenzaThe whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner...
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The Marchers
as KheiraIn 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the...
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Amal: A free spirit
as AmalAn idealistic and passionate literature teacher in a suburban Brussels school becomes the target...
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Buğday
as BeatriceThe global corporations have established cities and agricultural zones in areas where the...
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Somewhere in Love
as NorahNicole and her son Serge live in a low-income housing estate in the Paris suburbs, where their...
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Sisters
as Angela Di BiaggioLyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they...
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Ruby Is Dead
as Alice TannerThe body of a teenager is found in a river.
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Strangers
as Rana SweidSix days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which...
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Bajo el mismo cielo
as FathiaA pair of Moroccan immigrants in Spain splits apart. He returns to Morocco because he only find...
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Light Thereafter
as SoumayaPavel, an emotionally volatile and socially alienated young man, sets off across Europe in...
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Champion
as GloriaAt 24 years old, Zack has all the appearances of a young man who feels good in his own skin. His...
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The Love
as Fatima ZahwaniRotterdam, the Moroccan-Dutch Karim tells his parents that he is attracted to men. After years...
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Betelgeuse
as SarahMaybe this is the end. The red supergiant Betelgeuse is about to die and the gamma rays from the...
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Far Away
as SarahSerge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to...
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Aram
as MélinéAram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under...
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Tout le monde descend
as uncreditedPierre-Antoine has a senior position at a famous consultancy firm. When his bosses are arrested...
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Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
as Self - ActressThe story of the rise to stardom of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor of magnetic physique, tumultuous...
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25 Degrees in Winter
as LoubnaAn Ukranian woman enters Belgium illegally and hides in the van of a driver abandoned by his...
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Les siestes Grenadine
as MabroukaWahid and his daughter Soufiya return to Tunisia after a long stay in West Africa.Wahid would...
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Occupation
as Aliya NabilThree ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.
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Catch the Wind
as NadiaEdith, a 45-year-old textile factory worker, sees her life turned upside down by the company’s...
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My Revolution
as SamiaThe Arab Spring in Paris: Head over heels in love, Marwann, aged 14, hopes to win over Sygrid by...
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Life Suits Me Well
as RitaMid-1990s, little town in Morocco and seemingly ordinary family. Fouad is dedicated to his work...
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Pure fiction
as uncreditedFilm based on the infamous 'Marc Dutroux' case that shook Belgium to its core.
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Lockdown
as FarahIn his own natural habitat, the infamous Brussels' neighbourhood Molenbeek that appeared in the...
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A Minute of Sun Less
as uncreditedKamel Raoui, a young police inspector in Tanger, investigates the murder of drug-dealer Hakim...
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The Crimson Rivers
as Sabrina HarelOld-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle...
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Ganglands
as AnissaMehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between...
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The Little Drummer Girl
as Fatmeh Al-KhadarBrilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on...
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The Honourable Woman
as Atika HalibiNessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination....
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The Traveller
as Claire ElgouarchHunting down killers to help bereaved families get justice is more than just a job; it’s a duty...
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The Collapse
as Sofia DesmarestWhat if the terrible general "collapse" of our civilization, the collapse everyone is talking...
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The Frozen Dead
as Elizabeth FerneyA horrific discovery in a small town nestled high in the French Pyrenees begins to unravel a...
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Accusé
as SamiaSix stories about six people facing accusations in court.
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Trepalium
as LisbethThe economic situation is a nightmare: only 20% of the population is employed. The Actives live...
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Cheyenne & Lola
as Maître RachidaJust released from prison six months ago, Cheyenne is cleaning ferries while dreaming of fleeing...
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Banking District
as LunaSummer 2011: the Swiss financial market is abuzz with the news that Paul Béguelin, the...
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Suite noire
as CristaStep into a world of seedy seduction, sinister plots, bloody murder, and hard vengeance: the...
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Occupation
as Aliya NabilA powerful, affecting drama that spans the five years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003....
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