''Dunia'' (English title: Kiss Me Not on the Eyes) is a 2005 Egyptian film directed by Jocelyne Saab and starring

Hanan Tork Hanan Tork ( ar, حنان ترك; born 7 March 1975 is a retired Egyptian actress and ballerina. She was born as Hanan Hasan Abdelkrim Tork ( ar, حنان حسن عبد الكريم ترك), and is credited as Hanan Tork. She is a sister to t ...

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

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References

2005 films 2000s feminist films Films about blind people Films about freedom of expression Egyptian drama films French drama films Libyan films Moroccan drama films 2000s dance films French dance films 2000s French films {{Morocco-film-stub