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Kiss Me Not On The Eyes
''Dunia'' (English title: Kiss Me Not on the Eyes) is a 2005 Egyptian film directed by Jocelyne Saab and starring Hanan Tork and Mohamed Mounir. It was premiered in the 2005 Cairo International Film Festival. Synopsis Student of Sufi poetry and belly dance in Cairo, Dunia is looking for herself and wishes to become a professional dancer. During casting for a dance contest, she meets the illustrious and charming Dr Bechir, a Sufi thinker and writer. With him, Dunia will discover not only the pleasure of words through Sufi poetry, but also the pleasure of the senses. However, she will have to confront tradition, which destroyed her capacity to feel pleasure, in order to free her body and dance with her soul. Awards * Cairo International Film Festival 2005 (Honorable Award) * Algarve International Film Festival 2006 (International Jury Award: Best Film) * Fribourg 2006 * Milan 2006 * Singapur 2006 External links * References 2005 films 2000s feminist films Films abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jocelyne Saab
Jocelyne Saab (30 April 1948 – 7 January 2019) was a Lebanese journalist and film director. She is recognized as one of the pioneers of Lebanese cinema. A reporter, photographer, scriptwriter, producer, director, artist and founder of the Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon, Saab focused on the deprived and disadvantaged – from displaced peoples to exiled fighters, cities at war and a Fourth World without a voice. Her work is grounded in historic violence, and in an awareness of the actions and images required to document, reflect on and counteract it. Career Saab was born and raised in Beirut. She finished her studies of economics in the 1970s and began to work occasionally for television. Her first job was hosting a pop music program on the national Lebanese radio station called "Marsipulami got blue eyes." She next worked with Etel Adnan for ''As-Safa'' newspaper. She then became a television newsreader. Saab was also a war correspondent in Egypt an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |