DUNIA
synopsis
Student in Sufi poetry and oriental dance in Cairo, Dunia is trying to find herself and become a professional dancer. At a contest, she meets Beshir, an illustrious Sufi thinker and man of letters. With him, she enjoys the pleasure of words in her research on ecstasy in Sufi poetry, and in his arms discovers the pleasure of sensation. But she has to deal with his traditions, which have ruined his ability to feel pleasure, in order to free his body and dance with his soul.
original title: | Dunia |
country: | France, Lebanon, Egypt |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jocelyne Saab |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | FR 06/09/2006 |
screenplay: | Jocelyne Saab |
cast: | Hanan Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Fathy Abdel Wahab, Aida Riad, Sawsan Badr, Nashwa Al Arabi, Walid Aouni |
cinematography by: | Jacques Bouquin |
film editing: | Claude Reznik |
art director: | Jocelyne Saab |
costumes designer: | Rabih Kayrouz |
music: | Patrick Leygonie, Jean-Pierre Mas |
producer: | Jocelyne Saab, Catherine Dussart |
production: | CDP - Catherine Dussart Productions, Collection d'artistes (LB), Le cinématographe (EG) |
backing: | Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Fond Francophone de Production Audiovisuelle du Sud, Agence Intergouvernementale de le Francophonie, CIRTEF, The Ford Foundation, Ministere de la culture Liban, TV5 - 2M Television Marocaine, Fond Suisse Vision Sud-Est |
distributor: | Clair Obscur (FR) |