Yusif decides to go back to his hometown, Al Medina, along with his Danish pregnant wife Sarah. His God-fearing heart is following a dream of returning to his roots searching for peace and happiness with his wife and unborn child. When he mistakenly kills a child beggar, his life changes irrevocably, thrusting him into Al Medina’s dark side.
Cast
Ashraf Farah
Ghazal
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
Hassan Shaer Crew
Screenwriter: Omar Shargawi
DOP: Aske Alexander Foss
Editor: Thomas Papapetros
Morten Højbjerg
Original Title: Al Medina
Production Company(ies):
The Imaginarium Films
Nordisk Film Production
Producer(s):
Rula Nasser
Tomas Radoor
Rene Ezra
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE
Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia
Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria
Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine
European Film Screenings (EFS), UAE
Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt
Festival Cinéma de la Paix? (Cinema of Peace?), Tunisia