EAST OF NOON
Genre
Dark Comedy and Drama
Running time
109 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Egypt, Netherlands and Qatar
Director
Hala Elkoussy
Bio
Producer
Hala Elkoussy, Abdelsalam Moussa, Lonnie Van Brummelen, Marc Thelosen
Cast
Menha El Batraoui, Ahmed Kamal, Omar Rozeik, Fayza Shama
Scriptwriter
Hala Elkoussy
Stuck in a sandy enclave in the middle of nowhere, aspiring musician Abdo divides his time between digging graves and creating music using household implements. Along with his Nunna, he is plotting his escape to a wider world while scheming to survive the everyday tyranny of the enclave boss, Master Shawky. A story that is very much about the power of story-telling, with some of the flavour of the Arabian Nights, the evocatively titled East of Noon is shot largely in black and white. This surface beauty gives its familiar theme of youthful revolt a surreal, fantastical quality, allowing ideas that would otherwise be taboo to float free.
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