Rags and Tatters

Name: Rags and Tatters
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013
Duration: 87 min

Director: Ahmad Abdalla

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Highlights

Rags and Tatters is one of the few Egyptian films that were shot in Ezbet El-Zabbaleen or Garbage City, where most of Cairo's garbage collectors and recyclers live.
The film is based on true stories that take place in an overlooked world.
This film pays tribute to those who have been through a lot of pain to document the truth and make it accessible for generations to come.

2013/ Egypt87 min/ Drama

Original Title

Farsh W Ghata

SYNOPSIS

In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering the desert. Among them was one man trying to find his way in a city that is rapidly changing for good.

CAST

Asser Yassin
Amr Abed
Yara Gubran
Mohamed Mamdouh

CREW

Screenwriter: Ahmad Abdalla
DOP: Tarek Hefny
Editor: Sara Abdallah
Hisham Saqr

Production Company(ies)

Film Clinic
Mashroua

Producer(s)

Mohamed Hefzy
Omar Shama

Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE

BFI London Film Festival, UK

Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France

Munich Film Festival, Germany

Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece

Golden Antigone at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France

Reviews

Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian

Jay Weissberg - Variety

Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter

William Barnes - Muftah

E. Nina Rothe - The Huffington Post

Quotes

“Egyptian film-maker Ahmad Abdalla has given us a complex, nuanced, humane drama about the Tahrir Square protests.” Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian

“Rags & Tatters will likely become a touchstone of post-revolutionary Egyptian cinema, though it may take time before critical attention gives the film its due.” Jay Weissberg - Variety

“The key to Rags and Tatters lies in this will to document historical events that risk escaping in the chaos, or being doctored and instrumentalized by the people in power.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter