Yunan

Name: Yunan
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024 TBD
Duration: Final runtime TBD

Director: Ameer Fakher Eldin

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Highlights

Features a star-studded pan-Arab cast including Georges Khabbaz (PERFECT STRANGERS) and ALI SULIMAN (200 METERS, BODY OF LIES, PARADISE NOW)
Starring Sibel Kekili, best known for her memorable role as Shae in GAME OF THRONES
The character of the Old Lady is played by iconic German actress Hanna Schygulla, a symbol of the influential New German Cinema of the 70s and 80; she won Best Actress at Cannes in 1983 for THE STORY OF PIERA, and most recently played in Yorgos Lanthimos’ POOR THINGS
Fakher Eldin’s debut feature THE STRANGER was Palestine's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards and winner of Best Arab Film at the Cairo International Film Festival

2024 TBD/ Syria, Canada, France, Germany, ItalyFinal runtime TBD/ Drama

Original Title

يونان

SYNOPSIS

An exiled Arab author travels to a remote island in Germany to commit suicide. There he meets an old lady who incites a reawakening of his desire for life. Will he give life a second chance?

CAST

Georges Khabbaz, Sibel Kekilli, Ali Suliman, Hanna Schygulla, Laura Sophia Landauer

CREW

Writer: Ameer Fakher Eldin
Score: Suad Bushnaq

Production Company(ies)

Red Balloon Film, Les Films Du Veyrier, Intramovies, and Fresco Films

Producer(s)

Dorothe Beinemeier