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Dry Hot Summers

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Dry Hot Summers (Har .. Gaf .. Sayfan)

Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to life.

short film, Sherif Elbendary, Egypt/Germany 2015, 30 min, color, digital, Arabic with English, French or German ST
Shawky: Mohamed Farid | Doaa: Nahed Elsebai | Abeer: Donia Maher | Saeed: Mohamed Abd el Azim | Director Sherif Elbendary | Producer Claudia Jubeh | Co-Producer Hossam Elouan | Executive Producer Safei El Din Mahmoud, Red Star Films | Screenplay Nura El-Sheikh | Director of Photography Victor Credi | Editor Emad Maher | Sound Recordist Sameh Gamal | Sound Design Thomas Wallmann | Production Design Ahmad Fayez | Costume Designer Reem El Adl

the director about the film

It shares with my previous films the theme of loneliness and isolation and the search for a moment of relief. As in my previous films the main character is in a permanent search for something, even if it is a very simple thing. It is that same thing that drives forward more


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