Synopsis
Beshay - a man cured of leprosy - has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meagre possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wings, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows, its hardships and moments of grace, in his quest for a family, a place to belong, a little humanity…
Director: A.B. Shawky
Prdoucer: Dina Emam
Language: Arabic with English subtitles
Country: Egypt
Duration: 97 min
2018
السيرة الذاتية
أبو بكر شوقي مخرج مصري نمساوى، ولد في القاهرة عام 1985 . عُرضت أفلامه القصيرة - ومنها “المُستعمرة”، “أشياء سمعتها يوم الأربعاء” و”جمعة الشهداء“ - بمهرجانات عديدة في جميع أنحاء العالم. درس أبو بكر السياسة والاقتصاد فى الجامعه الامريكيه بالقاهره والإخراج في الولايات المتحدة NYU Tisch في المعهد العالي للسينما ثم درس وتخرج من جامعة الأمريكية، ويُعد ”يوم الدين“ أول أفلامه الروائية الطويلة.
فيلموغرافيا:
2012 أشياء سمعتها يوم الأربعاء /2011 جمعة الشهداء / 2008 المُستعمرة
Biography
A.B. Shawky is an Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker born in Cairo in 1985. His short films The Colony, Things I Heard On Wednesdays and Martyr Friday have screened at festivals around the world. He studied Political Science and Filmmaking in Cairo, and is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts Grad Film Program. Yomeddine is his first feature film.
Filmography:
2018 Yommedine / 2012 Things I Heard On Wednesdays’ / 2011 ’Martyr Friday’ / 2008 ‘The Colony’