WINTER OF DISCONTENT
synopsis
Set against the momentous backdrop of the whirlwind Tahrir Square protests, Winter of discontent poetically explores the anguish of a victim state terror in 2009, presaging and intertwining with the pivotal events in 2011 that changed the face of Egypt. As the stories of the characters unfold, we are propelled headlong into the heady, often surreal atmosphere of terror and uncertainty that characterized the last days of Mubarak's rule.
international title: | Winter of Discontent |
original title: | El sheita elli fat |
country: | Egypt |
sales agent: | ZAD Communication & Production |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ibrahim El-Batout |
film run: | 96' |
release date: | UK 23/08/2013 |
screenplay: | Ibrahim El-Batout |
cast: | Amr Waked, Salah Hanafy, Tamer Abdul-Hamid, Moataz Mosallam |
cinematography by: | Victor Credi |
film editing: | Hisham Saqr |
art director: | Mostafa Imam |
costumes designer: | Dahlia Heikel |
music: | Ahmed Mostafa Saleh |
producer: | Ibrahim El-Batout, Salah Hanafy |
co-producer: | Ahmed El Zoghby, Tamer Mortada |
production: | Ein Shams Films, ZAD Communication & Production |
distributor: | New Wave Films |