REQUIEM FOR SILENCE
Genre
Science Fiction and Horror
Running time
11 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
Other
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Majed Z. Samman
Bio
Producer
Abdulrahman Aljandal, Majed Z. Samman
Cast
Majed Z. Samman, Abdulrahman Aljandal
Scriptwriter
Majed Z. Samman
Majed explores his struggle with an unwanted malicious entity that unexpectedly comes into his life – an unbearable noise that afflicts his hitherto everyday existence - and his ultimate acceptance of their co-existence.
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