The Dead Won't Mind (al-Maiyet Mesh ha Yiza'al) by Emad Mabrouk. Egypt, 2004, 10 min, MiniDV US première

A charming short film about the candor and joy of childhood in the midst of adult grief. A poor young boy dreams of owning a bicycle. He locks his neighbor's bike to a cart that carries coffins to a cemetery, which he is finally able to ride when a funeral procession takes place. Amongst the sea of aggrieved faces, his face shines with a smile. In Arabic with English subtitles.

Sun, Nov 6, 10:00

Cast and Crew:

Cast: Mamdouh Gamal, Hossam al-Husseiny, Youssef Abdelhamid, Mariem
Makhyon, Ahmed Soliman, Ramy Nwar, Ashraf Abdelhamid, Abdelmoula
Abdelhamid, Mahmoud Siam, Kamal al-Tazi, Tamer Attallah.
Writer: Emad Mabrouk
Producer: Samy Hossam
Cinematographer: Kaiser
Editors: Kaiser, Emad Mabrouk
Sound/Music: Tamer Atallah

Filmmaker Bio:

Emad Mabrouk was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1977 and has been working as an editor and assistant director on a number of films, including: The Violence and Sarcasm (2003), The City Report (2004), and Night and Day (2004). Mabrouk has directed one short film Since the 9th (2003), before completing his most recent film The Dead Won’t Mind.

Festivals/ Awards:

  • The Eleventh Egyptian National Festival for Short Narrative Films, 2005
  • El Sakia Second Festival for Short Narrative Films, 2005
  • The Second Fayoum International Youth Film Festival, 2005

Print Source:

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