CACTUS FLOWER
synopsis
Aida, a struggling actress, came to Cairo from the Delta as a university student; like many others, she stayed on in the city. One night, she and her neighbour Samiha, a fading bourgeois beauty, are kicked out on the street. With no money and nowhere to go, the two women, aided by Yassin, a street-savvy youth, embark on a labyrinthine journey across physically and mentally difficult terrain. Amid the funny and at times disastrous turns their journey takes, they move along parallel journeys of self-discovery. An extraordinary friendship grows among the unlikely trio, like a delicate flower blooming from a thorny cactus.
international title: | Cactus Flower |
original title: | Zahrat Alssabar |
country: | Norway, Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Hala Elkoussy |
film run: | 104' |
screenplay: | Hala Elkoussy |
cast: | Salma Samy, Menha El Batrawy, Marwan Alazab, Zaki Fateen, Arfa Abdel Rassoul, Sedky Sakhr |
cinematography by: | Abdelsalam Moussa |
producer: | Hala Elkoussy, Houssam Elouan, |
production: | Transit Films, Nu'ta Films |
backing: | Doha Film Institute |