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Mahershala Ali Balances Tenderness and Swagger in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

The two-time Oscar winner plays a hit man experiencing a crisis off faith in the new action movie.

Mahershala Ali Balances Tenderness and Swagger in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

In Mahershala Ali's action thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, Ali plays Latif, a devout Muslim hitman who must balance his life of bloody violence with the challenges of fatherhood. His wife's sudden death leaves him as a single parent to three children, with their youngest, Aziza, dependent on her mother's breast milk. The film combines a high-octane plot with a serious exploration of faith, featuring Ali's portrayal of Latif as a man who juggles his masculine swagger with tenderness and humility.

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