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Al-khoroug lel-nahar & Three Disappearances and a Song

Coming Forth by Day & Three Disappearances and a Song
Filmstill from AL-KHOROUG LEL-NAHAR (Coming Forth by Day) by Hala Lotfy

Sat 18.11.
16:30

  • Director

    Hala Lotfy

  • Egypt, UAE / 2012
    101 min. / DCP / Original version with English subtitles

Al-khoroug lel-nahar

A day and a night in the life of Soad and her mother, who look after their bedridden father and husband. There is tension in the air. Soad has always put her own life on the back burner. In the evening, she leaves the apartment and wanders through Cairo by night. As hinted at by the Arabic title, which translates as "stepping out into the light of day", the end of the night and the new day offer potential change. A quiet, focused, extraordinary debut.

  • Director

    Nadia Ghanem

  • Egypt / 2021
    29 min. / DCP / Original version with English subtitles

Three Disappearances and a Song

Vulnerability and Resistance: As my grandfather's presence in the country becomes increasingly problematic, my mother gradually decides to never touch a camera again, my father becomes obsessively convinced of his own disappearance, and something almost miraculous happens in 1976 in Montreux: Nina Simone comes back from retirement. (Nadia Ghanem)

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