Omar El Zohairy

Quando um truque de mágica dá errado na festa de aniversário de uma criança, o autoritário pai da família se transforma em uma galinha. Uma avalanche de coincidências absurdas recai sobre todos. A mãe, cuja vida foi dedicada ao marido e aos filhos, precisa tomar as rédeas e cuidar de tudo. Enquanto move céu e terra para trazer o marido de volta e garantir sua sobrevivência, ela passa por uma transformação total. Vencedor do Grande Prêmio da Semana da Crítica do Festival de Cannes 2021. Presente também na 45ª Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo, no ano passado.

Quando um truque de mágica dá errado na festa de aniversário de uma criança, o autoritário pai da família se transforma em uma galinha. Uma avalanche de coincidências absurdas recai sobre todos. A mãe, cuja vida foi dedicada ao marido e aos filhos, precisa tomar as rédeas e cuidar de tudo. Enquanto move céu e terra para trazer o marido de volta e garantir sua sobrevivência, ela passa por uma transformação total. Vencedor do Grande Prêmio da Semana da Crítica do Festival de Cannes 2021. Presente também na 45ª Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo, no ano passado.

The film follows the aftermath of an unfortunate incident at the inauguration of a public toilet located in the middle of the Egyptian desert. Inspired by Anton Chekhov's short story "The Death Of A Government Clerk," director El Zohairy offers us a story about fear in a milieu where uniformity and hierarchy reigns, in which the poses and gestures of the actors express a lot more than their words.

In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering the desert. Among them was one man trying to find his way in a city that is rapidly changing for good.

Reem is a young political activist who works for an advertisement company. As she tries to uncover the truth behind the incide of the Battle of the Camel, she accompanies her friend Farah to Nazlet Al Seman where she meets and falls for Mahmoud, one of the people involved in the incident.

Between exhale and inhale, the events of the film revolve around a couple over the age of seventy, whose life is silent, surrounded by boring, repetitive daily details.

Between exhale and inhale, the events of the film revolve around a couple over the age of seventy, whose life is silent, surrounded by boring, repetitive daily details.

The windows are closed. Everything the old man can hear is the heavy breath of his wife. The slow routines of ageing and the decay of the body are closely examined in beautiful intensity.

The windows are closed. Everything the old man can hear is the heavy breath of his wife. The slow routines of ageing and the decay of the body are closely examined in beautiful intensity.

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.