PFF SpringFest – ON BORROWED TIME

ON BORROWED TIME

YASIR AL YASIRI | 2018 | United Arab Emirates | Arabic | 97 MIN

Cast: Salloum Haddad, Saad Al Faraj, Fouad Ali, Mansour Al Feeli

Life inside a sleepy retirement home doesn’t provide much excitement for the four elderly friends at the center of heartfelt Emirati comedy On Borrowed Time. But when one of the men receives a huge and unexpected inheritance from a recently-deceased relative, the four friends decide to fully embrace their remaining years with this new lease on life. Enlisting the help of an unwitting nurse, they manage to escape the retirement home and set about taking Dubai by storm. Providing an offbeat look at life in contemporary Dubai, On Borrowed Time also offers a touching take on universal themes of self-discovery, friendship, and getting older.

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Part of PFF SPRINGFEST April 27-29 at the Prince Theater and PFS Roxy

With PFF SpringFest, the Philadelphia Film Society presents a mid-year survey of the freshest cinematic marvels from the international festival circuit–from American indie darlings and eye-opening documentaries to acclaimed foreign titles. Browse the full program HERE.

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