Jan 30: THEEB
Dir: Naji Abu Nowar
Jordan/Qatar/Uae/Uk Arabic with subtitles 100 minutes
Cast: Jacir Eid, Hussein Salameh, Hassan Mutlag, Jack Fox
Shot entirely on location against the ravishing landscape of Wadi Rum and Wadi Araba, Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar's award-winning debut feature is a genre-crossing blend of coming-of-age drama and Middle Eastern western. Living in a Bedouin tribe in the harsh desert environment of the Ottoman Empire's Hejaz Province in 1916, the young Theeb (Jacir Eid) is unaware of the tremendous upheavals of the First World War and the incipient Great Arab Revolt. When a British officer stumbles into the tribe's camp, Theeb's elder brother is assigned to guide him to his destination — and Theeb, eager for adventure, follows closely and clandestinely behind.
"A classic adventure film of the best kind" (Variety).
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