HAJJAN
Genre
Drama
Running time
120 minutes
Year
2023
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Director
Abu Bakr Shawky
Bio
Producer
Majed Z. Samman, Mohamed Hefzy
Cast
Omar Al Atawi, Azzam Nemr, Toleen Barbood, Abdulmohsen Alnemr, Shaimaa Al Tayeb, Ibrahim Alhasawi, Mohamed Hilal
Scriptwriter
Mufarrij 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.
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