You Will Die At Twenty

International Feature

Country: Sudan, France, Egypt, Norway, Germany, Qatar
Year: 2019
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Runtime: 105 mins.

When Muzamil was born, a prophecy by the holy man of the village predicts that he will die when he is 20 years old. Muzamil’s father cannot stand the doom and travels away from home. Sakina, as a single mother, raises her son with over protection. One day, Muzamil turns 19...

DIRECTOR
Amjad Abu Alala

Amjad Abu Alala is a sudanese director and producer, born and currently residing in the United Arab Emirates. He studied media at the Emirates University and worked as a film and documentary director for arab and western channels. As a producer and director, he has made numerous short films that have been shown at film festivals, including Orange and Coffee (2004), Feathers of the Birds (2007) and Teena (2009), which is considered as marking the return of cinema in Sudan. His Studio (2012) was supervised during a workshop conducted by Abbas Kiarostami. In 2013 he won the best arabic play award from the arab authority for Apple Pies. He currently heads the programming committee in the Sudan Independent Film Festival and is Sudan's representative at the Arab Film Institute.

Director: Amjad Abu Alala
Cast Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Elsaraj
Cinematography: Sébastien Goepfert
Production: Arnaud Dommerc, Hossam Elouan, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Michael Henrichs
Screenplay: Amjad Abu Alala, Yousef Ibrahim
Editing: Heba Othman
Music: Amine Bouhafa
Sound: Rana Eid
contacto: alberto@pyramidefilms.com



 Screenings

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Guanajuato, Capital
26.9.2020
16:00 (Horario CST)
Cinemex Sala 5 Plaza Pozuelos