Amal
Amal is 14 years old when she ends up on Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution, after the death of her boyfriend in the Port Said Stadium riot.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN ARABIC, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
During the protests, she is beaten by police and dragged across the square by her hair. This coming-of-age film follows her over the years after the revolution. As the film cuts between the unfolding current events and Amal’s rapidly changing life and appearance, we see her searching for her own identity in a country in transition. Opening film IDFA 2017.
Mohamed Siam, Egypt, Lebanon, Germany, France, Norway, 2017, 83 min. Arabic spoken, Dutch subtitles.