| Breaking Fast | |
| Director: | Mike Mosallam |
| Producer: | Sarah Bazzi Bay Dariz Seth Hauer Alex Lampsos |
| Starring: | Haaz Sleiman Michael Cassidy Amin El Gamal Patrick Sabongui |
| Music: | Omar Fadel |
| Cinematography: | Anka Malatynska |
| Editing: | Mike Hugo |
| Studio: | Mike Mosallam Productions Minutehand Pictures |
| Distributor: | Vertical Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Breaking Fast is a 2020 American romantic comedy film, directed by Mike Mosallam and released in 2020.[1] An expansion of Mosallam's 2015 short film of the same title, the film stars Haaz Sleiman as Mo, a gay Muslim doctor in Los Angeles who is emotionally closed off following a painful breakup with his former partner Hassan (Patrick Sabongui); on the first day of Ramadan he meets Kal (Michael Cassidy), getting to know him over nightly iftars.[2]
The film premiered on March 7, 2020 at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival;[3] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was screened digitally by several LGBT film festivals through the next several months. It was picked up for commercial distribution by Vertical Entertainment in August 2020.[4]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .[5]