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2020 American romantic comedy film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breaking Fast is a 2020 American romantic comedy film, directed by Mike Mosallam and released in 2020.[1] An expansion of Mosallam's 2015 short film of the same title, the film stars Haaz Sleiman as Mo, a gay Muslim doctor in Los Angeles who is emotionally closed off following a painful breakup with his former partner Hassan (Patrick Sabongui); on the first day of Ramadan he meets Kal (Michael Cassidy), getting to know him over nightly iftars.[2]
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| Breaking Fast | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Mike Mosallam |
| Written by | Mike Mosallam |
| Produced by | Sarah Bazzi Bay Dariz Seth Hauer Alex Lampsos |
| Starring | Haaz Sleiman Michael Cassidy Amin El Gamal Patrick Sabongui |
| Cinematography | Anka Malatynska |
| Edited by | Mike Hugo |
| Music by | Omar Fadel |
Production companies | Mike Mosallam Productions Minutehand Pictures |
| Distributed by | Vertical Entertainment |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film premiered on March 7, 2020 at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival;[3] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was screened digitally by several LGBT film festivals through the next several months. It was picked up for commercial distribution by Vertical Entertainment in August 2020.[4]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[5]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2022 | GLAAD Media Awards | GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release | Breaking Fast | Nominated | [6] |
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