The Father and the Foreigner
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Cast & Crew
Ricky Tognazzi
Nadine Labaki
Leo Gullotta
Ksenia Rappoport
Amr Waked
Alessandro Gassman
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Synopsis
Diego, a Roman bureaucrat with a handicapped son, meets Walid, a rich Syrian businessman and also the parent of a severely handicapped boy. The two strike up a friendship: they start meeting at Turkish baths, spending lavishly and hanging out with Walid's intriguing sister-in-law Zaira. Diego and Walid then fly off to Syria to check out the parcel of land Walid's bought for his son. Back from the trip, Diego discovers a renewed passion with this wife which the stress their son's condition had obliterated. Meanwhile, Walid mysteriously disappears and is wanted for terrorism. Diego tries to track him down, as the secret service chases him through the streets Rome, only to discover the shocking truth.