Blessed Benefit

The middle-aged, scrawny, bespectacled Ahmad doesn't belong in prison. But when the quiet contractor and father of two is charged with fraud over an unbuilt fence, things spiral out of control. His cousin has the dinars to pay bail, but is more intent on finding the tastiest goat with which to celebrate Eid than on securing Ahmad's freedom. The unreliability of this would-be saviour leads to a comic series of miscommunications with the police and Ahmad's lawyer, landing our hero in jail. (Toronto International Film Festival)