Hot Water
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Hot Water
A Film by Ramzi Bashour
2026 - USA - Drama/Roadmovie - 97 min.
with Lubna Azabal , Daniel Zolghadri & Dale Dickey
Languages: English , Arabic , French
Produced by Max Walker-Silverman , Jesse Hope & Josh Peters
After he’s kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom hit the road west.
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