Some Like It Veiled

Some Like It Veiled

Some Like It Veiled

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Some Like It Veiled

2017

1h 28m

6.1(215 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Armand and Leila, students at Science Po, are a young couple. They plan to go to New York to do their internship at the United Nations. But when Mahmoud, Leila's big brother, returns from a long stay in Yemen, which radically transformed him, he is opposed to his sister's love relationship and decides to remove him at any cost from Armand. To enter Mahmoud and see again Leila, Armand has no choice: he must slip the integral veil! The next day, a certain Scheherazade with a veiled face rings at the door of Leila, and she will not leave Mahmoud indifferent ...

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17 members

Acting

Félix Moati

Armand

Félix Moati

Acting

Camélia Jordana

Leila

Camélia Jordana

Acting

William Lebghil

Mahmoud

William Lebghil

Acting

Anne Alvaro

Mitra

Anne Alvaro

Acting

Laurent Delbecque

Nicolas

Laurent Delbecque

Acting

Oscar Copp

Fabrice-Farid

Oscar Copp

Acting

Oussama Kheddam

Mustafa

Oussama Kheddam

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Miki Manojlović

Darius

Miki Manojlović

Acting

Carl Malapa

Sinna

Carl Malapa

Acting

Walid Ben Mabrouk

Ahmed

Walid Ben Mabrouk

Acting

Grégory Montel

Agent Garnier

Grégory Montel

Acting

Hamid Djavadan

M. Yaghmaian

No Image

Acting

Behi Djanati Atai

Mme Yaghmaian

Behi Djanati Atai

Acting

Sâm Mirhosseini

Abdoullah

Sâm Mirhosseini

Acting

Hamideh Doustdar

Roxane

Hamideh Doustdar

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Karim Belkhadra

Imam

Karim Belkhadra

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Jean-Louis Tilburg

Brigadier Ambassade d'Iran

Jean-Louis Tilburg

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