Hiam Abbas, Hend Sabry Set for Lebanese Social Comedy ‘Your Turn, 203’ Set in Battered Beirut Where Shooting Will Start if Ceasefire Holds (EXCLUSIVE)

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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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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