Bahaa, a lovesick physician and his old friend Mahdy try to escape the ghosts of their past, running from one abandoned house to another as they are chased relentlessly by shadows.

mit | estrelado | starring | avec
Alaa El Din Hamada, Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin El Din, Hatem Emam Moustafa

ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Muhammed HAMDY

Egypt, France, Qatar, Tunisia | 2024 | Feature Fiction | 1h51 | Drame

1st Feature | 1er Long métrage

Content advisory: depictions of suicide; drug use


Director's Notes
"Perfumed with Mint" is about two friends who are tragically trapped in a survival conundrum. It is of people who are cursed with exile and sentenced to live in the shadows, and their desperate trials in returning to places and memories they were expelled from. They represent a generation that is contaminated with doubts about what awaits them - this generates a fear that becomes a contagious illness among them. Paranoia does not demand context; it denounces itself by existing. This is a ghost story. However, the ghost isn't a spooky creature, moving through walls, but can be as delicate as a mint leaf. An uncanny world that allows excruciating emotions to rise again and expose their wounds.

Title | Titre : PERFUMED WITH MINT | PARFUMÉ À LA MENTHE
Country | Pays : Egypt, France, Qatar, Tunisia | Egypte, France, Qatar, Tunisie
Year | Année : 2024
Runtime | Durée : 111 mins (1h51)
Language | VO : َArabic | Arabe
Tags : Experimental + Avant-Garde, Mystery + Thriller Drama, First Feature, African, North African + Middle Eastern, Mediterranean


CAST | ACTRICES - ACTEURS :
Alaa El Din Hamada
Mahdy Abo Bahat
Abdo Zin Eldin
Hatem Emam Moustafa


Executive Producer | Producteur délégué :
Farès Ladjimi

REGISSEUR / REALIZADOR / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Muhammed HAMDY

Screenwriter | Scénariste :
Muhammed Hamdy

Cinematography | Image :
Muhammed Hamdy

Editor | Monteur :
Thomas Glaser

Sound | Ingénieurs du son :
Mostafa Shaaban,
Aymeric Dupas,
Antonin Dalmasso

Production Designer | Décors :
Ammar Abo Bakr

Production déléguée :
Supernova Films

Sales | Exportation / Vente internationale :
Reason8

CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
REASON8 FILMS
Anna Krupnova | +44 (0) 791 4621232 | ak(@)reason8films.com


FESTIVALS - PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS - SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :
/// 2025 | Selection | Festival Écrans du Sud - South Screens FilmFest 2025 | Beirut, Lebanon
/// 2024 | Selection | 21è Festival International du Film de Marrakech - FIFM | Marrakech (Maroc) | 13-22 Nov 2024
/// 2024 | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | 49th Toronto International Film Festival - TIFF | Toronto (Canada) | 5 sept. 2024 - 15 sept. 2024
/// 2024 | World premiere | 39th Settimana Internazionale della Critica (81ᵉ Mostra de Venise - Venice Film Festival, Italy) | 28.08.2024 - 07.09.2024


Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
- www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024/programma-cinema-2024-public/moattar-binanaa-perfumed-mint-2024-09-05-14-00
- www.sicvenezia.it/en/films/perfumed-with-mint/
- https://marrakech-festival.com/films/perfumed-with-mint/
- https://tiff.net/events/perfumed-with-mint
- www.unifrance.org/film/59585/parfume-a-la-menthe
Updated by Thierno DIA, 15 April 2025