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Ambrosia
Ambrosia

Ambrosia

Genres

Drama

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Ambrosia is the story of an Iranian-Canadian couple, Ali and Leila, who dream of an exciting future in Vancouver: Ali owns a pizza shop and thinks of expanding and Leila is an up-and-coming clothing designer. However, their situations change dramatically when Ali's shop is affected by bad economy and Leila is hired to work at a fashion design firm.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

79 mins

Rating

3.9/10

Release Date

04 February 2012

Country

Canada

Cast

Sahar Biniaz

Sahar Biniaz

Leila

Camyar Chai

Camyar Chai

Ali

Heather Doerksen

Heather Doerksen

Sarah

Pauline Egan

Pauline Egan

Monica

Tina Milo Miliojevic

Tina Milo Miliojevic

Samira

Veenu Sandhu

Veenu Sandhu

Maryam

Mireille Urumuri

Mireille Urumuri

Mimi

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