Basra

  • Basra
© Reel Films Productions
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2008
Format : Feature
Running time : 94 (in minutes)

El Cairo, 17 de marzo de 2003. El ataque del Reino Unido y EEUU a Irak es inminente. ¿Cómo puede un joven fotógrafo egipcio superar sus miedos y decepciones?¿Cómo puede encontrar la respuesta sus dudas existenciales sobre la vida, la muerte, el sexo y la razón en medio de todo el absurdo que le rodea? ¿Podrá sobrevivir este artista (respirar, pensar y fotografiar) a esta atmósfera opresiva?¿O sucumbirá cuando caiga Bagdad?


Egipto (2008)
V.O.S.E - COLOR - 94 Minutos - 35mm

Dirección: Ahmed Rashwan
Guión: Ahmed Rashwan
Productor: Ahmed Rashwan
Productora: Reel Films Productions, Dream Production
Fotografía: Victor Credi
Montaje: Nadia Hassan
Música: Sherif El Wesseimy
Intérpretes: Basem Samra, Yara Goubran, Eyad Nassar, Nahed El Sebai, Mohamed Al-Ahmady, Fatma Adel


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Cairo, 17 de março de 2003. O ataque dos Estados Unidos e da Inglaterra contra o Iraque é iminente. Como um fotógrafo egípcio, em seus trinta anos de idade, supera seus desapontamentos e temores? Como ele pode encontrar a resposta para as questões existenciais relativas a vida, morte, sexo e lógica em meio aos absurdos que o cercam? Pode um artista ficar ativo (respirando, pensando e fotografando), sobrevivendo nessa atmosfera opressiva? Ou ele está caminhando para o colapso com a queda de Bagdá.

diretor: Ahmed Rashwan
roteiro: Ahmed Rashwan
fotografia: Victor Credi
montagem: Nadia Hassan
música: Sherif El Wessimy
elenco: Bassem Samra, Yara Goubran, Nahed El Sebai, Mohammed El Ahmadi, Eiad Nassar, Fatma Adel
produtor: Hitham Hakki
produtora: Reel Films Productions, Dream Production
world sales: Reel Films Productions
94 minutos color, 35mm

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Cairo, March 17, 2003. The US-UK strike against Iraq is imminent. How can an Egyptian photographer, in his thirties, surpass his own disappointments & fears? How can he find an answer to the existential questions related to life, death, sex and logic amidst his awareness of all the absurdity around him? Can this artist remain alive (breathing, thinking, and photographing) surviving the oppressive atmosphere? Or is he going to collapse with the fall of Baghdad?


A socio-humanitarian look, in a political framework, on the war triggered off by the USA in Irak. The story started one month before the beginning of the war and ended with the fall of Bagdad.


FESTIVALS / AWARDS

2009 | 21th FESPACO | OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso | 28th february > 7th march 2009 | www.fespaco.bf |
* Selection - Panorama des cinémas d'Afrique

2008 | 32nd Cairo International Film Festival | CAIRO, Egypt | 18th>28th november 2008 | www.cairofilmfest.org |
* The Prize for the Best Arabic Film
100.000 Egyptian Pounds (Presented by the Ministry of Culture), To the Screenplay (Shared between two Films)


2008 | XXIX Mostra de Valencia - Cinema del Mediterrani | VALENCIA, Spain | 14>22 Octubre 2008 | www.mostravalencia.com |
* MOSTRA OFICIAL
* Premio a la Mejor Fotografía: Víctor Credi (EGIPTO), por Basra

2008 | 32ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema | SAO PAULO, Brazil | 17-30 Out 2008
www.mostra.org

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