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 Families are complicated no matter where you go. Each family member has a different personality and set of opinions. Sometimes these things can bring people together, and sometimes they can tear them apart. Fatima AlBanawi's “Basma,” the new South Arabian drama film on Netflix, explores similar complications in the family of a young Saudi woman: Basma. Years ago, she moved to the United States to pursue higher education. The pandemic kept her away from Jeddah for a year, but upon her return, she found her family life transformed in unexpected ways. A couple of months ago, Basma's mother divorced her father. She did not inform Basma because she was worried that it would affect her concentration on her life abroad. Anyway, the reason for the divorce was not just a recent argument. Basma discovers that her mother had held onto harder truths for years. Her father has had some mental health problems. However, she refused to take his medication, making it difficult for other people ...