HOBAL
Genre
Drama and Fiction
Running time
111 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Abdulaziz Alshlahei
Bio
Producer
Sharif Almajali
Cast
Meshal Almutairi, Mila Alzahrani, Ibrahim Alhasawi, Motreb Fawaz, Abdulrahman Abdullah, Drian Aldrian, Hamdy Alfredi, Reem Fahad, Noura Alhamedi
Scriptwriter
Mufarrij Almajfel
Liam of 80 years embraces the belief in the proximity of the "Hour of Resurrection" after the emergence of signs confirming his claim, the latest of which was the outbreak of the second Gulf War, which makes him insist on staying away from people and forcing his family with him to be cut off from all means of civilization so as not to be inflicted by torment, so the family obeys his instructions except "Assaf" who loves his cousin "Reefah" who is infected with "measles" after it spread within the family and fears that death will take her from him after his cousin died with the same disease, and tries to escape with her for treatment in the city that he has not seen since he was created, and repeats attempts until the opportunity comes to save her, which is not in his favor after he was encouraged by Grandfather Liam disappears in one of the ground cavities "Dahl" in the desert, and to remain confused whether he is alive or dead, which causes a conflict between his children so to who remain committed to his instructions, which stipulate the approaching hour and those who decide to disregard them.
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