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Genre : Political
Type : Fiction
Original title : 停滞
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
http://www.18days-movie.com/

The film revolves around a variety of Egyptian characters who are patients at a mental institution. We learn that some of them were forcefully confined to the hospital by security police forces. As the events of the revolution begin, the reactions of the different characters to the daily incidents and to each other's opinions start being revealed.
The position of the hospital administration also plays a key symbolic role.

Directed by Sherif Arafa
Script: Sherif Arafa,
Sound Editing & Mixing: Empire,
Original Score: Omar Khairat,
Producer: Amin El Masry,
Director of Photography: Ayman Abou El Makarem,
Editing: Hassan El Touny,
Costume Design: Inas Abdallah

Cast in Order of Appearance:
Hamza El Eily, Mahmoud Samir, Hesham Mansour, Ahmed Shouman, Mohamed Abou El Wafa, Mohamed Tharwat, Nader Fransees


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映画はエジプト社会における精神医療施設の患者の周囲を撮影する。われわれは彼らの一部が国家治安捜査局によって収容されたことを知る。革命が勃発し、日々の混乱を前に人々は違った反応を見せ、意見の衝突が起きる。病院の経営側の立場も同じく鍵となる象徴的な役割を演じる。

Summary for official catalogues

The film revolves around a variety of Egyptian characters who are patients at a mental institution. We learn that some of them were forcefully confined to the hospital by security police forces. As the events of the revolution begin, the reactions of the different characters to the daily incidents and to each other's opinions start being revealed.
The position of the hospital administration also plays a key symbolic role.

Directed by Sherif Arafa

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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