Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, it is a visually sumptuous coming-of-death fable. During her son's naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina's child will die at the age of twenty. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina's ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas, and challenges that make him question his destiny.
Not rated by the MPAA.
Andolfi ; Transit Films ; Duofilm ; and Die Gesellschaft DGS present ; a film by Amjad Abu Alala ; script, Youssef Ibrahim, Amjad Abu Alala.
Title from container.
Based on the short story Sleeping on the mountain's feet by Hammour Ziada.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Aspect ratio 2.39:1; widescreen.
Bonus feature: 2 short films: Studio (8 min.) / directed by Amjad Abu Alala ; More than two days (10 min.) / directed by Ahmed Abdelnaser.
Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Elsaraj.
DVD, wide screen, 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.
Arabic dialogue; English subtitles.
Cinematography, Sébastien Goepfert; editor, Heba Othman; music, Amine Bouhafa.
Educational and home use only.
Public performance rights limited to University of Wyoming-affiliated patrons.
