{"id":305102,"date":"2022-01-02T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=305102"},"modified":"2021-12-30T15:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T18:42:28","slug":"netflixs-first-original-arabic-film-to-premiere-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/netflixs-first-original-arabic-film-to-premiere-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s first original Arabic film to premiere in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The first <strong>Netflix<\/strong> original film in Arabic is a remake of the acclaimed Italian feature <strong>Perfect Strangers<\/strong> and already has a release date. The adaptation features a cast from several Arab countries and will premiere on the streaming platform on January 20, 2022, in 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Seven close friends get together for dinner, and instead of socializing and disconnecting, they decide to play a game that involves sharing all the incoming calls and messages from everyone\u2019s cell phones at the table in real-time, indiscriminately. What starts as a fun joke quickly changes tone as secrets surface.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian film with the most remakes in cinema history already has 18 versions from several countries, such as Greece, Spain, Mexico, Turkey, China, France, South Korea, and India, earning a spot in the Guinness World Records. The Spanish version is also on <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/tag\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a> (Perfectos Desconocidos).<\/p>\n<p>The Arabic version, titled <strong>As-hab wala A\u2019az<\/strong>, features Lebanese actor Nadine Labaki, Egyptian Mona Zaki, Egyptian-Jordanian Eyad Nassar, and Lebanese Georges Khabbaz, Adel Karam, Fouad Yammine, and Diamand Abou Abboud.<\/p>\n<p>The film marks director Wissam Smayra\u2019s film debut. It was produced by Front Row Filmed Entertainment, Film Clinic, Empire Entertainment, and Yalla Yalla. It is the first of many produced by Front Row as part of an initial contract signed with Netflix.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read also:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/emily-in-paris-season-two-features-design-by-elie-saab\/\">Emily in Paris season two features design by Elie Saab <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-teen-series-premieres-on-netflix\/\">Arab teen series premieres on Netflix <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arabic adaptation of the Italian hit Perfect Strangers, which already has versions from 18 countries, will premiere on January 20, featuring a cast from different Arab nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":305058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[27102,27103,27104,14591,27100,27101,27105,27106,27107],"class_list":{"0":"post-305102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-as-hab-wala-aaz-en","9":"tag-mona-zaki-en","10":"tag-nadine-labaki-en","11":"tag-netflix-en","12":"tag-netflix-arabic-film","13":"tag-netflix-original-arabic-film","14":"tag-perfect-strangers-en","15":"tag-perfectos-desconocidos-en","16":"tag-wissam-smayra-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The Arabic adaptation of the Italian hit Perfect Strangers, which already has versions from 18 countries, will premiere on January 20, featuring a cast from different Arab nations.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}