HAJJAN
Drama | Running Time: 120 minutes
2023 / Arabic
Country: Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Directed by: Abu Bakr Shawky
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Abu Bakr Shawky is an Egyptian-Austrian writer and director. His short documentary The Colony has been awarded at festivals around the world. It was followed by his debut feature Yomeddine, about two recovered lepers trying to track down their families, which was shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Francois Chalais Award. Hajan is his second feature
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ProducerMajed Z. Samman, Mohamed Hefzy
CastOmar Al Atawi, Azzam Nemr, Toleen Barbood, Abdulmohsen Alnemr, Shaimaa Al Tayeb, Ibrahim Alhasawi, Mohamed Hilal
ScriptwriterMufarrij Almajfel, Omar Shama, Abu Bakr Shawky
Hajjan is both an adventure story and a moving account of the deep bond that can develop between human and animal. Matar is the youngest child in a Saudi family of camel jockeys. When his brother falls during a race and is killed, Matar is supposed to move in with family in the city while his own camel, Hofara, is sold for meat. Instead he becomes a jockey himself, working for a ruthless racing baron until he and Hofara are forced to go on the run together, making a life-threatening journey through the desert in search of freedom and a better life. Shot largely in Tabuk on Saudi’s Red Sea coast.