You Will Die at Twenty (Satmoot Fel Eshreen)
Qumra Projects
Amjad Abu Alala / Feature Narrative / Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar / 2019 / Colour
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Drama, Adaptation, Youth, Women Issues, Coming of age
Rated: Mature subject matter. Not suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 18 are not admitted into cinemas.
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Synopsis
In a Sudanese village, a mother gives birth to Muzamel, a boy cursed by a Dervish prophecy that he will die at the age of 20. Muzamel grows up surrounded by looks of sympathy that make him feel dead before his time, until Suliman, a cinematographer who has worked in the city, returns to the village. Suliman’s old cinema projector opens a window onto a whole new world for Muzamel. His personality starts to change with Suliman’s presence, and slowly he comes to doubt the truth of the prophecy. His mother desperately attempts to prevent the prophecy from coming to pass. After many defeats, including losing his father, Muzamel begins to dig his own grave. When the day of his 20th birthday arrives, he is torn by doubt and left with the choice between death and a bus to the world he is eager to know about.
About the Director
Amjad Abu Alala is a Sudanese filmmaker who was born and raised in the UAE. He studied media at United Arab Emirates University. As a producer and director, Abu Alala has made numerous short films that have been shown at film festivals, including ‘Tina’ (2009), ‘Coffee and Orange’ (2004), and ‘Feathers of the Birds’ (2005), which is considered to mark the return of cinema in Sudan. His ‘Studio’ (2012) was supervised during a workshop conducted by Abbas Kiarostami. In 2013, Abu Alala won the Best Arabic Theatre Script Award from the Arab Authority for ‘Apple Pies’. Currently, Abu Alala is Head of the Programming Committee of the Sudan Independent Film Festival.
Credits
- Director
- Amjad Abu Alala
- Screenwriter
- Yousif Ibrahim, Amjad Abu Alala
- Producer
- Hossam Elouan, Arnaud Dommerc, Ingrid Lill Hogtun, Michael Henrichs
- Editor
- Heba Othman
- Co-Producer
- Amjad Abu Alala, Mohammed Alomda, Linda Bolstad Stronen, Marie Fuglestein Laegreid, Mohamed Hefzy
- Music
- Amine Bouhafa
- Cinematographer
- Sébastien Goepfert
- Sales Company
- Pyramide International
- Production Company
- Andolfi, DUOfilm AS, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Transit Films, Station Films Cinema Production
- Distributor
- Film Clinic
- Cast
- Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubark, Mahmoud Elsara, Bunna Khalid, Talal Afifi, Amal Mustafa, Moatasem Rashid, Asjad Mohamed