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Review: A Weho doctor balances sexual identity and Islam in the rom-com ‘Breaking Fast’ [Los Angeles Times]
The thorny intersection of homosexuality and Islam is highlighted with charm and wit in “Breaking Fast,” writer-director Mike Mosallam’s lively tale based on his 2015 short film of one man’s fraught romantic journey over the course of the holy month of Ramadan.
Mo (Haaz Sleiman) is a kind, devoted doctor and observant Muslim of Lebanese descent living a low-key gay life in West Hollywood. His warm family supports his sexuality, unlike the rigid parents of his boyfriend, Hassan (Patrick Sabongui), who chooses the first night of Ramadan to inform Mo that he’s marrying a woman as a cover. It’s wadaeean (goodbye), Hassan.
A festival favorite, director Mike Mosallam’s romantic comedy
Breaking Fastfollows the burgeoning love affair between a Muslim doctor and the man who begins sharing nightly meals with him during Ramadan.
“Set against the twinkling lights of West Hollywood,
Breaking Fast is a romantic comedy that follows Mo, a practicing Muslim still reeling from heartbreak when an all-American guy, Kal, offers to join him in his nightly Iftars, the traditional meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan,” the film’s synopsis reads. “Meal after meal, the two start to discover they have more in common than meets the eye.”
The winner of the Best Narrative Feature prize at Los Angeles’s LGBTQ+ film festival Outfest,
A festival favorite, director Mike Mosallam’s romantic comedy
Breaking Fastfollows the burgeoning love affair between a Muslim doctor and the man who begins sharing nightly meals with him during Ramadan.
“Set against the twinkling lights of West Hollywood, Breaking Fast is a romantic comedy that follows Mo, a practicing Muslim still reeling from heartbreak when an all-American guy, Kal offers to join him in his nightly Iftars, the traditional meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan,” the film’s synopsis reads. “Meal after meal, the two start to discover they have more in common than meets the eye.”
The winner of the Best Narrative Feature prize at Los Angeles’s LGBTQ+ film festival Outfest,