Proche Orient : que peut le cinéma ? | The Middle East : what can cinema do ?

Screening date:03-12-2013 -- 20:30

A Deep Long Breath (Nafass Taweel)

A chronicle of the daily life of an Egyptian family throughout the post revolution months during which our characters attempt to measure the significance of the events that keep jostling in order to grasp their repercussions both on the personal and collective levels.

For Gamal, a Professor of Chemical Engineering, this is an irreversible process. The young people's enthusiasm overwhelms and touches him, but a deep long breath is needed in order to complete the change.

Country: Egypt/Qatar
Production: Tahani Rached & Karim Gamal El Din
Contact: Mona Assad/Studio Masr
Year: 2012
Director: Tahani Rached
Editing: Mona Rabie
Cinematography: Mohamed Soliman
Sound: Sameh Gamal
Music: Tamer Karawan
Cast: Gamal Ibrahim, Wafaa Abdel Azeem, Sameh Gamal, Saadeya Mostafa, Hussein El Meenebawy, Haleema Hamed, Fathy Barsy, Saeed Al Nashaee, Ahmad Fouad Negm
DV - 64'

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biography

Born in Cairo, Tahani Rached settled in Canada in 1966. She studied at Montreal's École des Beaux-Arts and began making documentaries in 1972 with Pour faire changement. She made many films during the more than 20 years she worked for the National Film Board of Canada. Tahani returned to Egypt in 2005 and made These Girls (Official Selection Out of Competition at Cannes in 2006).

Filmography
2009 - Giran (Voisins)
2006 - El-Banate Dol (These Girls)
2004 - Soraida, une femme de Palestine
2001 - À travers chants
1999 - Urgence! Deuxième souffle