| Dreams of the City (Ahlam al-Madina) أحلام المدينة | |
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| Directed by | Mohamed Malas |
| Written by | Mohamed Malas Samir Zikra |
| Produced by | General Organization for Cinema |
| Starring | Rafiq Sbei'i Hicham Khchefati Yasmine Khlat Bassel Abyad Ayman Zeidan |
| Cinematography | Ordijan Anjin |
| Edited by | Haitham Kuwwatli |
| Distributed by | General Organization for Cinema |
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| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Syria |
| Language | Arabic |
Dreams of the City or Ahlam al-Madina (Arabic: أحلام المدينة, lit. 'Dreams of the City') is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in the turbulent 1950s.
Plot
The story is an autobiography of Dib, the main character in the film. Dib was brought up by a brutal father-in-law and a mother who was forced into a new marriage. This is partly an autobiography of Malas himself. It is set against the backdrop of the major political events of the 1950s in Syria and Egypt: the end of the dictatorship in Syria, Gamal Abdel Nasser's ascent to power and the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, and the short-lived The United Arab Republic between Syria and Egypt in 1958.
Awards
- Carthage Film Festival- Tanit d'Or, 1985.
- Berlin International Film Festival - Interfilm Award - Honorable Mention, 1985.
- Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema - Golden Palm, 1985.
References
- ^ Alkassim, Samirah (2018). The Cinema of Muhammad Malas : Visions of a Syrian Auteur. Nezar Andary. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-3-319-76813-7. OCLC 1043658062.
- "Dreams of the City (Ahlam al-Madina". mecfilm. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
External links
| Films directed by Mohammad Malas | |
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