Cinema
Summer Thefts
سرقات صيفية
Yousry Nasrallah · 1988
Synopsis
Egypt, summer 1961. The socialist laws of July and the land reform strike a family of large landowners, a large part of whose property is nationalised. In the midst of this wavering world, Yasser, a young boy of the family, becomes friends with Leil, the son of a poor peasant. While the adults see their fortune slipping away, the two children cook up schemes together to earn money, according to Letterboxd.
Context
Written and directed by Yousry Nasrallah, drawing on his own childhood according to elCinema, the film was released in Egypt on 10 October 1988. Ramsès Marzouk shot it, Omar Khairat composed the music and Onsi Abou Seif designed the sets; Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab and Abla Kamel appear in the cast. It is its author's first feature film, presented the same year at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, with the support of Misr International Films.
Who it is for
A feature film in colour, about an hour and a half long, in Arabic, drawing on its author's childhood.
Prizes and reception
A first film shown at Cannes on its release, then awarded prizes at several festivals according to elCinema.
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