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Zelal (2010)
Directed by Marianne Khoury, Mustapha Hasnaoui
Documentary · 1h 30m
Zelal is a documentary that's an invitation to delve into the world of psychiatry and "madness" in Egypt. It meets the ordinary madmen and women banished to mental institutions by Egyptian society and offers more than just a journey into their world of shadows. The hospitals end up becoming the only place patients can conceive, not because they are truly "crazy", but because they fear the outside world. The film forces viewers to put their own preconceptions and interpretations to the test, reminding us that freedom is precarious in a society that does not tolerate any differences.
Crew
- Director
- Marianne Khoury, Mustapha Hasnaoui
- Screenplay
- Marianne Khoury, Mustapha Hasnaoui
- Director of Photography
- Victor Credi
- Editor
- Doaa Fadel
- Producer
- Gabriel Khoury, Marianne Khoury
Details
- Original title
- ظلال
- Release date
- 2010-09-09
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, France, Morocco
- Production
- MISR International Films, Dubai Film Market, 3B Productions