Sawah

  • Sawah
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Format : Feature
Running time : 100 (in minutes)
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DJ Skaraab is invited to play the gig of a lifetime in Brussels, while a revolution is brewing in Egypt. He jumps on a plane and lands in a country he has never heard of: The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
It all goes awry when he loses his passport and is mistaken for a refugee. He is forced to navigate an absurd tangle of eccentric characters and events all in desperately fighting to arrive on time in Brussels.

Samir (aka DJ Skaraab) has just won the local DJ Championships in Egypt. He gets the opportunity to fly to Brussels in order to participate at the "Drop Needle" event. But Samir's flight is redirected to Luxembourg because of a major strike in Belgium. Having never heard of this country before, Samir loses all of his belongings including his papers, music as well as his identity. While he is stuck in this new country, he gets to know many characters that will be part of his journey.

A film by Adolf EL ASSAL

Luxemburg / Belgium / Egypt, 2019, Fiction, 1h40, Dramedy (Dramatic comedy), in English / Luxembourgish / Arabic / French & German

Starring Karim Kassem, Eric Kabongo, Jean-Luc Couchard, Mourade Zeguendi, Nilton Martins, Elisabet Johannesdottir



Year: 2019
Form: Fiction - Feature Film
Genre: Dramatic comedy (Dramedy)
Original release: English, Luxembourgish, Arabic, French, German
Running time: 100' | 85min (producers lenght)

PRODUCED BY
DÉSIRÉE NOSBUSCH
ALEXANDRA HOESDORFF
ADOLF EL ASSAL

CO-PRODUCED BY
ROBIN KERREMANS
DIMITRI VERBEECK
MOHAMED HEFZY

Director: Adolf El Assal

Written by
ADOLF EL ASSAL
DENNIS FOON
SIRVAN MAROGY

COSTUME DESIGNER
ULI SIMON

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
CHRISTINA SCHAFFER

MUSIC COMPOSER
ERIC BINTZ

EDITOR
PHILIPPE RAVOET

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NIKOS WELTER

CAST
Karim KASSEM: Samir (DJ Skaraab)
Eric KABONGO,
Nilton MARTINS,
Jean-Luc COUCHARD : Zepp
Stéphane BISSOT
Paul ROBERT
Elisabet JOHANNESDOTTIR
Mourade ZEGUENDI : Ramzy
Wesley WEIGEL
Bess LIMANI
Dan SLUIJZER
Mara TAQUIN
Sarrah ABDELRAHMAN
Mahmoud ELISSY
Negweny EL ASSAL
Mö Sbiri : Hakim
Armando "Last' Ar" Medina

A Production by
DEAL PRODUCTIONS (Luxembourg),
WADY FILMS (Luxembourg)

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
Caviar Films (Belgium)
Clinic Film (Egypt)

WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Film Fund Luxembourg (AFS)
and THE BELGIAN TAX SHELTER

Release: starting 20th March 2019 at cinemas all over Luxembourg
www.sawahmovie.com/

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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