Status . Completed
Countries . France, Sudan, Lebanon, Germany, Serbia, Qatar
Original Title . Le Barrage
Year . 2022
Language . Arabic
Domestic Release . Dulac Distribution
Runtime . 80min
Status . Completed
Countries . France, Sudan, Lebanon, Germany, Serbia, Qatar
Original Title . Le Barrage
Year . 2022
Language . Arabic
Domestic Release . Dulac Distribution
Runtime . 80min
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Synopsis
Sudan, near the Merowe Dam.
Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation slowly starts to take a life of its own…
DIRECTOR
Ali Cherri
CAST & CREW
CAST
Maher El Khair
SCREENWRITERS
Ali Cherri
Geoffroy Grison
In collaboration with Bertrand Bonello
PRODUCERS
KinoElektron (France)
CO-PRODUCERS
Galerie Imane Fares (France)
DGL Travel (Sudan)
Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH (Germany)
Trilema (Serbia)
FRENCH DISTRIBUTOR
DULAC DISTRIBUTION
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Cannes' Directors' Fortnight 2022
