Official Competition Feature Film
Yusif decides to come back along with his Danish pregnant wife Sarah to his home town Al Medina. His God fearing heart is following a dream of returning to his roots searching for peace and happiness with his wife and unborn child. Yet only when he kills a beggar boy, by mistake, his life changes and this throws him into the dark side.
Duration: 90 minutes
Nationality: Palestine
Production year: 2015
Director: Omar Shargawi
Email : rula.nasser@gmail.com
Cast : Omar Shargawi, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
Al Medina (2015)
Born in 1974 in Denmark for a Palestinian father and Danish mother, Shargawi directed his debut feature film, Ma Salama Jamil and then film My Father from Haifa. In 2011, Shargawi co-directed ½ Revolution, the film which portrays the first days of the Egyptian revolution.
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