Yomeddine
Egypt | A.B. Shawky
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Synopsis
Yomeddine
Beshay – a man cured of leprosy – has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived snce childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meagre possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wing, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows, its hardships and moments of grace, in his quest for a family, a place to belong, a little humanity…
“Lovingly-made”
-Jay Weissberg, Variety
Film Specs
Country of Origin: Egypt
Format: DCP/1.85/Color
Sound Format: Dolby 5.1
Running Time: 97 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Rating: Not Rated
In Arabic with English Subtitles
Cast & Crew
DIRECTOR:
A.B. Shawky
WRITER:
A.B. Shawky
PRODUCER:
Dina Emam
CAST:
Rady Gamal
Ahmed Abdelhafiz
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
Federico Cesca
ORIGINAL MUSIC:
Omar Fadel
Reviews
“One of the more remarkable characters in recent cinema”
– Eric Kohn, IndieWire
“A simple story told with abundant gentleness”
– Tim Grierson, Screen International
“Some of the same heart-tugging picaresque qualities that characterized Beasts of the Southern Wild”
– Barbara Scharres, RogerEbert.com
Screenings
See this film at the following theaters:
- 09/27/18 Arab Film Festival Minneapolis, MN
- 09/27/18 Vancouver Int’l Film Festival Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 10/04/18 Mill Valley Film Festival San Rafael, CA
- 10/06/18 Orcas Island Film Festival Eastsound, WA
- 10/11/18 Heartland Film Festival Indianapolis, IN
- 10/12/18 Arab Film Festival San Francisco, CA
- 10/18/18 Philadelphia Film Festival Philadelphia, PA
- 11/08/18 AFI Fest Los Angeles, CA
- 01/03/19 Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival Palm Springs, CA
- 01/08/19 Mill Valley Film Festival Oscar Series San Rafael, CA
- 01/16/19 BYU International Cinema Provo, UT
- 02/01/19 Cascade Festival of African Film Portland, OR
- 03/07/19 AFI Silver Theater Silver Springs, MD
- 03/27/19 Cleveland Int’l Film Festival Cleveland, OH
- 04/04/19 MSP Int’l Film Festival Minneapolis, MN
- 04/12/19 Florida Film Festival Maitland, FL
- 04/17/19 Harvard Film Archives Cambridge, MA
- 05/10/19 Cinetopia Ann Arbor, MI
- 05/15/19 The Dreamland Nantucket, MA
- 05/28/19 Trinity Academy Portland, OR
- 05/31/19 Seattle Int’l Film Festival Seattle, WA
05/31/19 US Theatrical Premiere Theatrical Engagements!
- 05/31/19 IFC Center New York, NY
- 05/31/19 Laemmle Monica Film Center Santa Monica, CA
- 05/31/19 Laemmle Playhouse 7 Pasadena, CA
- 05/31/19 Laemmle Town Center 5 Encino, CA
- 06/03/19 Knickerbocker Theatre @ Hope College Holland, MI
- 06/07/19 Arab American National Museum Dearborn, MI
- 06/14/19 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
- 06/21/19 Cosford Cinema Coral Gables, FL
- 06/21/19 Savor Cinema Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 07/04/19 Time and Space Limited Hudson, NY
- 07/12/19 Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL
- 07/13/19 Strand Theatre Vicksburg, MS
- 07/19/19 Urban Inst for Contemporary Arts Grand Rapids, MI
- 07/25/19 Hippodrome State Theatre Gainesville, FL
- 07/26/19 Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge Arabi, LA
- 08/10/19 BlackStar Film Festival Philadelphia, PA
- 08/16/19 Sie Film Center Denver, CO
- 08/23/19 Orinda Theatre Orinda, CA
- 08/27/19 Alamo Drafthouse Westminster Westminster, CO
- 08/29/19 San Juan Int’l Film Festival San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 09/06/19 Tallahassee Film Society Tallahassee, FL
- 09/18/19 Jacob Burns Film Center Pleasantville, NY
- 09/27/19 BAMcinematek Brooklyn, NY
- 09/28/19 Wheeler Film Society Aspen, CO
- 10/04/19 CFS Varsity Theatre Ashland, OR
- 10/17/19 Milwaukee Film Festival Milwaukee, WI
- 10/17/19 Wisconsin Film Festival Madison, WI
- 11/05/19 Bijou Film Board Iowa City, IA
- 11/24/19 Cinema Arts Bethesda Bethesda, MD
- 03/27/20 Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN
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