On a dark Cairo night, all Nadia wants is a place to sleep—but the city has other plans.
Mariam, 31, escapes her home for the first time, drifting into a strange, magical world in search of a place where she can finally rest.
Credits
Director
Sameh Alaa
Screenwriter
Sameh Alaa
Producer
Mark Lotfy, Avantika Singh Desbouvries, Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Amira Sherif, Mohammed Hefzy
Production Company
15.16, Fig Leaf
Cast
May el Calamawy
About the Director
Sameh Alaa
Sameh Alaa is an Egyptian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He’s known for the short films ‘Fifteen’ (2017) and ‘I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face’ (2020), the latter of which won the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first Egyptian short film to achieve this honour. Alaa has also served as a jury member at festivals like Cannes and Cairo, and his films h
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