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Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery [film project]

  • Tante Safia et le monastère [projet de film]
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)

Set in Upper Egypt, the story concerns a blood feud as a result of which a young Muslim man, fleeing vengeance, finds sanctuary in a Coptic monastery.

Scriptwriter: Asma El Bakry

adapted from Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery (خالتي صفية والدير), third novel by Bahaa Taher (Baha Tahir) in 1991.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam

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