Fiction
DVD
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
LANGUAGE
SERIES
NOTES
Based on the short story Sleeping on the mountain's feet by Hammour Ziada
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
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020
Aspect ratio 2.39:1; wide screen
Bonus feature: 2 short films: Studio (8 min.) / directed by Amjad Abu Alala ; More than two days (10 min.) / directed by Ahmed Abdelnaser
Cinematography, Sébastien Goepfert ; editor, Heba Othman ; music, Amine Bouhafa
Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj, Bunna Khalid, Talal Afifi, Amal Mustafa
DVD, NTSC, all regions; wide screen, 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo
Arabic dialogue; English subtitles