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''Tajouje'' ( ar, تاجوج, Tājūj; also ''Tajouj'') is a 1977 Cinema of Sudan, Sudanese historical romance film directed by Gadalla Gubara, who considered it his best cinematographic work. It was the first feature film directed by a Sudanese filmmaker. It presents a dramatic story about the unhappy love of two suitors towards the heroine Tajouj. Set in rural Eastern Sudan, it featured the actor Salah ibn Albadya, who was also known for his songs of popular urban music in Sudan.
Among other awards, ''Tajouje'' won the Nefertiti Statute, Egypt's highest film award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1982, and prizes at film festivals in Alexandria, Ouagadougou, Tehran, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Moscow, Cannes and Carthage. In 2015, the original copy was Film preservation, digitally restored by a German-Sudanese film project and shown both in Sudan and abroad.
''Tajouje'' won the Nefertiti Statute, Egypt's highest film award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1982, and prizes at film festivals in Alexandria, Ouagadougou, Tehran, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Moscow, Cannes and Carthage.
In 2015, parts of Gubara's Archive, film archive were Digitization, digitised by a German-Sudanese film restoration project. Thus, the German cultural centre - Goethe-Institut - in Khartoum presented ''Tajouje'' in a Film preservation, digitally restored version in May 2017. Further, his documentaries about everyday life in Khartoum of the 1960s were shown to new generations of film audiences in Khartoum as well as abroad.
In 2019, the international movie portal Cinema Escapist considered ''Tajouje'' as one of the best films in Cinema of Africa, African cinema. As of November 2022, ''Tajouje'' was rated 6.9 at IMDb from 27 reviews.
Full-length video of Tajouj
on YouTube (Sudanese Arabic with English subtitles)
''Tajouj''
on shadowandact
on blog filmwalrus.com
Poster and plot
on letterboxd.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Tajouj 1977 films Sudanese drama films 1977 drama films 1970s historical romance films Films set in Sudan 1970s Arabic-language films Films directed by Gadalla Gubara
Plot
The film's story takes place in the distant past in the eastern part of Sudan in a isolated village. Mohallak, a young tribal man, is deeply in love with his cousin Tajouje and openly confesses his love for her in a song. As this is considered shameful in his tribe, Tajouje's father refuses his marriage proposal. Some time later, Mohallak repents his mistake and the marriage is finally agreed upon. In the meantime, however, Ohag, another suitor, has shown his interest in Tajouje, which arouses Mohallak's jealousy. This develops into several dramatic complications that eventually result in tragedy: Mohallak has to leave his village as "a wandering bard of the deserts."Literary inspiration
The film ''Tajouje'' is based on the Eponym, eponymous 1948 romantic novel by Osman Mohamed Hashim, considered by literary critics as the first Sudanese novel. The story was later adapted for a theatre play by Khaled Abu Al-Rous and produced in the National Theatre in Omdurman.Critical reception
''Tajouje'' won the Nefertiti Statute, Egypt's highest film award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1982, and prizes at film festivals in Alexandria, Ouagadougou, Tehran, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Moscow, Cannes and Carthage.
In 2015, parts of Gubara's Archive, film archive were Digitization, digitised by a German-Sudanese film restoration project. Thus, the German cultural centre - Goethe-Institut - in Khartoum presented ''Tajouje'' in a Film preservation, digitally restored version in May 2017. Further, his documentaries about everyday life in Khartoum of the 1960s were shown to new generations of film audiences in Khartoum as well as abroad.
In 2019, the international movie portal Cinema Escapist considered ''Tajouje'' as one of the best films in Cinema of Africa, African cinema. As of November 2022, ''Tajouje'' was rated 6.9 at IMDb from 27 reviews.
See also
* Cinema of Sudan * Photography in SudanReferences
External links
*Full-length video of Tajouj
on YouTube (Sudanese Arabic with English subtitles)
''Tajouj''
on shadowandact
on blog filmwalrus.com
Poster and plot
on letterboxd.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Tajouj 1977 films Sudanese drama films 1977 drama films 1970s historical romance films Films set in Sudan 1970s Arabic-language films Films directed by Gadalla Gubara