Hiam Abbass on Gaza mon Amour, Succession and more

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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If you know actor Hiam Abbass from one thing, it's probably Succession. Abbass plays Marcia, Logan Roy's wife. On a show famous for its craven, manipulative, sometimes frightening characters, Marcia dominates the lineup in all three categories. Most recently, though, Hiam's performed in a new movie - it's called Gaza, Mon Amour. It's Palestine's submission to this year's Academy Awards, and it's pretty much everything Succession isn't: it's a romcom. It's slow-paced. It's sweet in parts, sad and scary in others. It's a really unique film. Hiam joins us to talk about the movie, growing up in Nazareth, how she got the role to play Marcia on Succession, and whether or not she thinks Marcia loves her husband, Logan Roy. Succession intrigue! Don't miss it!

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:13.8	I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.
0:23.6	Next up on the show, Hiem Abbas.
0:26.3	Hiem was born and raised in and around Maserat in a predominantly Arab part of Israel.
0:32.6	These days she mostly lives in Paris.
0:35.5	Hiem is an actor.
0:36.9	She has nearly a hundred credits to her name.
0:39.9	Artsy Indie movies, French TV dramas, Moroccan horror movies.
0:44.8	But if you know Hiem Abbas from one thing, here in the States, I bet it's succession,
0:50.4	the massive TV hit on HBO.
1:02.5	Hiem plays Marsha, Logan Roy's wife.
1:06.0	On a show famous for its craven manipulative, sometimes frightening characters, Marsha dominates
1:13.3	in all three categories.
1:16.3	Hiem is also starring in a new movie called Gaza Monomore.
1:32.3	It's Palestine's submission to this year's Academy Awards.
1:36.2	Gaza Monomore is pretty much everything succession isn't.
1:40.9	It's a rom-com, it's slow-paced, it's sweet in some parts, sad and scary in others.
1:48.3	In it Abbas plays Hiem, a widowed tailor living with her adult daughter.
1:54.0	She meets Issa, a local fisherman, who never married.
1:58.0	They start courting each other and fits in starts, missed connections, awkward conversations,
2:03.2	brief affectionate glances.
2:05.4	Unlike the title suggests, it's set in Gaza, a Palestinian city beset by conflict.
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