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the coffee cup scene with Said and his mom


can someone explain this scene to me? Where she looks at the bottom of the cup and says his future is bleak, and then he shows her his finger? I didn't understand it at all.

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He removed the coffee with his finger just to mess with her. In our culture its a bad sign if there is no coffee marks in the cup meaning your future will be (blank) in other words u will not have a future and sadly it's the case for Saied.

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now i understand thank you for explaining

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