KUM-KUM
Genre
Drama
Running time
15 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Dur Jamjoom
Bio
Producer
Lama Jarkas
Cast
Nada Basaad, Dana Alkadhi
Scriptwriter
Dur Jamjoom
When 17-year-old Duna invites three friends to her beach house, she is expecting a fun-filled day. But while the other girls are splashing each other in the sea and playing a game of Kum-Kum, Duna witnesses a terrible event: Salwa, another girl she knows, drowns in a kayaking accident. Duna is traumatized and struggles afterwards with residual feelings of hopelessness and an enduring fear of the water. It is only years later that she realizes she must go back to the beach to teach her little sister how to swim, confronting and defeating her own fear while helping someone else. Her story gives a powerful account of grief, healing and the human capacity to find inner strength in the face of trauma.
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