IN THE LONG RUN
Genre
Family
Running time
21 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Yemen
Director
Yousef Assabahi
Bio
Producer
Ala’a Amer
Cast
Ahmed Essam Farea’
Scriptwriter
Yousef Assabahi
Sent by his mother to buy bread for lunch, seven-year-old Ahmed runs through the historic alleyways of the Yemeni town of Ibb, constantly getting distracted by everyday marvels. As he plays beads with other kids, stumbles into a funeral and listens to folktales narrated by an 82-year-old, the question of whether he’ll make it home by the time his mother’s guests arrive looms ever larger. A story of childish imagination, curiosity and wonder.
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