2016
Egypt
115min - DCP - 1.85 - Color
Original language: Arabic
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Cast
Laila Eloui
Menna Shalaby
Bassem Samra
Ahmad Daoud
Alaa Zenhom
Credits
Director: Yousry Nasrallah
Script: Yousry Nasrallah, Ahmad Abdallah
Based upon an idea by Bassem Samra
Image: Samir Bahsan
Editing: Mona Rabi
Original soundtrack: Wael Alaa
Producer: Ahmad El Sobky (El Sobki Film for Cinema Production)
Festivals & Awards
FESTIVALS 2016
Locarno - Official Competition
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival - CWC
Filmfest Hamburg
21st Busan International Film Festival
Rio international Film Festival
Französische Filmtage Tübingen
MedFilm Festival
Tallin Black Nights
Dubai IFF - Arabian nights
FESTIVALS 2017
Goteborg Intl Film Festival, Sweden
Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons, Belgium
Festival du film francophone en Corée du Sud
Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey
Arab Film Festival in Korea – Arab Film Master
Brooks, meadows and lovely faces
a film by :Yousry Nasrallah
Yehia is a chef who manages with his two sons, Refaat, a passionnate cook, and the womanizer Galal, a catering company for weddings and other celebrations. Karima, Yehia’s niece, is promised to Refaat, but Refaat loves Shadia, without knowing that Karima loves alsosomeone else but waits the right moment to reveal her secret. During a peasant wedding catered by Yehia and his sons, Farid and his rich wife offer to buy their business. In front of Yehia’s refusal, the offer turns into a threat.
Yehia est chef cuisinier. Avec son fils Refaat, passionné de recettes et de saveurs, et son cadet Galal, coureur de jupons, ils préparent des banquets pour des cérémonies de fête. Lors d’un mariage paysan orchestré par Yehia et ses fils, au cours duquel se dévoileront des amours secrètes, un homme d'affaires de la région et sa riche épouse proposent de racheter leur commerce. ?Devant le refus de Yehia, la proposition tourne à la menace.