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In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, a new life is awarded to Olympic champion, pilot, Hollywood actor, war hero, and all-around professional hell-raiser Farid Semeka.
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. An old man comes across an odd collection of film reels, vinyl records, and VHS tapes hidden in the confines of his basement. He quickly discovers that they embody the strange story of a largely forgotten renaissance man from the 1920s and 30s with a funny name: Farid Semeka.

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Director
Khalid Youssef
Screenwriter
Khalid Youssef
Producer
Khalid Youssef

About the Director

Khalid Youssef
Born in Cairo in 1978, Khalid Youssef is a filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, and actor. After finishing university studies in Egypt, he travelled to study filmmaking, theatre, and photography in Madrid, for well over a decade. He finished his first film, ‘Zero in Conduct’, in 2007, and it travelled to various film festivals, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. He also shot, prod
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