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Lubna Azabal has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Incendies.
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Frankie & Alice
2010
Drama · Thriller

Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
Drama · Crime

The Debt
2010
Drama · Thriller

Close Enemies
2018
Drama · Thriller

A Quiet Life
2010
Drama · Thriller

A Most Violent Year
2014
Crime · Drama

Eye for an Eye
2019
Drama · Thriller

No Date, No Signature
2017
Drama · Mystery

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
Dir. Denis Villeneuve · With Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Golshifteh Farahani

A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
Dir. Maryam Touzani · With Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Messioui

Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam is caught in the middle.
Dir. Sameh Zoabi · With Qais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Dir. Hany Abu-Assad · With Qais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal

When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender. When the operation fails, fed up with the limits of the legal system, Chartier embarks on a solitary hunt to bring down the culprits.
Dir. Fabrice Du Welz · With Anthony Bajon, Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Alexis Manenti

Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.
Dir. Hugo Blick · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal

An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.
Dir. Jérémie Guez · With Roland Møller, Veerle Baetens, Lola Le Lann

Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find themselves involved in a criminal case of thirty years. It seems that the crazy killers are back.
Dir. Jean-François Hensgens, François Troukens · With Lubna Azabal, Olivier Gourmet, Bouli Lanners

Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.
Dir. Jalil Lespert · With Benoît Magimel, Isabelle Carré, Antoine Duléry

Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues. When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius. Together, the pair vow to destroy the great city.
Dir. Ralph Fiennes · With Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Lubna Azabal