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My Mother’s Lovers; Kamal Mtrjm; feminist film theory; memory; intergenerational sexuality; Arab‑European cinema; hybridity 1. Introduction The past decade has witnessed a surge of autobiographically‑inflected works that confront the private histories of women whose sexual agency has been erased or marginalised. Within this trend, Kamal Mtrjm’s My Mother’s Lovers occupies a singular position: it is simultaneously a personal reckoning and a broader cultural critique. The film premiered at the 2024 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and subsequently sparked heated debates across the Arab world, Europe, and North America regarding its treatment of taboo subjects—namely, the sexual lives of older women and the impact of those lives on their daughters.

| Part | Title | Formal Mode | Primary Focus | |------|-------|--------------|----------------| | I | “Archive” | Hand‑held interviews (real‑life footage of Aisha and her friends) | The oral history of Aisha’s relationships in 1970s Beirut | | II | “Re‑enactment” | Staged vignettes (scripted, with actors) | Visual reconstruction of Aisha’s affairs with three men (a poet, a revolutionary, a merchant) | | III | “Reflexivity” | Metafilmic montage (Leila editing footage, voice‑over) | Leila’s own struggle to reconcile maternal reverence with sexual jealousy | My Mother’s Lovers; Kamal Mtrjm; feminist film theory;

[Your Name] – Department of Film Studies, [University] The film premiered at the 2024 Cannes Directors’

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