East of the West - Competition 2019 / Akher Ziyarah / Saudi Arabia 2019
On the way to a wedding Nasser finds out that his father is dying. He changes plans and heads straight off with his adolescent son Waleed to his dad’s small town. However, the strictly upheld customs they encounter in this rural environment start to affect Waleed and Nasser’s relationship. Using the story of a family encounter as its backdrop, the film adopts a realistic approach to discussing Islamic traditions while it examines the true nature of paternal love.
Not long after Nasser sets out with his adolescent son to attend a wedding he finds out that his father is dying. Unfavourable circumstances not only affect the original purpose of their trip but also begin to impact the relationship between Nasser and his son, Waleed. Indeed, the interaction with their relatives exposes a serious underlying problem: much to his father’s disapproval, Waleed doesn’t identify with the strong traditions that have been upheld for generations. Through its story of a family encounter the film adopts a realistic approach to gradually uncover the divide between the rural community and the more liberal-minded inhabitants of Riyadh. In so doing the work presents a critique of deeply rooted Islamic customs and seeks to establish the extent to which patriarchy determines paternal love.
Sandra Hezinová
75 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan
/ Screenplay Fahad Alestaa, Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan
/ Dir. of Photography Amine Messadi
/ Editor Fakhreddine Amri
/ Art Director Hasan Aldhabaan
/ Producer Mohammed Alhamoud
/ Production Last Scene Films
/ Cast Osama Alqess, Abdullah Alfahad, Fahad Alghariri
/ Contact Last Scene Films, Brigitta Portier
Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan. Filmography: The Bus (2007, short), Three Men and a Woman (2009, short), The Incomplete Chronicles of a Folk Tale (2010, short), This Is My Home (2012, short), The Key (2013, short), Forty-Two Days (2016, TV series), Last Visit (Akher Ziyarah, 2019)
Last Scene Films
7611 Nasser Bin Farhan st., 13321, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
E-mail: [email protected]
Brigitta Portier
E-mail: [email protected]
Mohammed Alhamoud
Producer
Fahad Alestaa
Screenwriter
Brigitta Portier
Publicist
Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan
Film Director
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