The Curve

Name: The Curve
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 81 min

Director: Rifqi Assaf

Rights:

Highlights

The film received many funds such as the Crossroads Fund, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) in 2012, and the Jordan Film Fund managed by the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) in 2012.
The film features Palestinian star Ashraf Barhom, who is known for his roles in the films The Kingdom (2007), Agora (2009) and Clash of the Titans (2010).

2015/ Jordan - Egypt - France - UAE81 min/ Drama

Original Title

Al Muna’taf

SYNOPSIS

Radi, who leads a reclusive life in his own van, finds himself on a road trip with three strangers, which alters his clockwork and very private lifestyle.

CAST

Ashraf Barhoum
Fatina Layla
Mazen Moadam
Ashraf Telfah

CREW

Screenwriter: Rifqi Assaf
DOP: Piotr Jaxa
Editor: Doaa Fadel

Production Company(ies)

The Imaginarium Films
Film Clinic
Eaux Vives Productions

Producer(s)

Rula Nasser
Mohamed Hefzy

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

East End Film Festival (EEFF), UK

Arab Film Festival Amman, Jordan

Seattle International Film Festival, USA

Festival International de Cinéma et Mémoire Commune de Nador, Morocco

Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine

Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), USA

Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden

Golden Reel Award for Best Actor at the Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), USA

Best Actor Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden

Reviews

Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily

Ahmed Shawky - Dotmsr (Arabic)

Amal Ibrahim - Diwan Al Arab (Arabic)

Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)

Quotes

“The Curve is both haunted and haunting; schoolboys and soldiers by the side of the road seem like fragments of a memory.” Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily

“It was a notable choice for the scenes which are intended to intersect with other distant ones, in time and place. This is not easy for any director because the issue is not just editing as much as a confident vision of where and when to use such scenes.” Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)

“An adventure of a different kind that allows an individual to change and be freed from special constraints.” Esraa El Radayda - Al Ghad