Ismaeel Hamdy
Egypt
Director
Cinema
Ismaeel Hamdy
Egypt
Director
Cinema
Grantee
Exceptional Grants for Supporting Artists & Writers
2020
Rabbit hole
Short fiction “Rabbit hole”
A short fiction film that takes place on the day that Faris (16) is released from prison after serving a nine-month sentence for slashing the face of another kid who had insulted his mother. Faris decides that he and his mother should move out of el-Zawiya el-Hamra, a poor and rough popular quarter in Cairo, and begin a new life in a better part of the town. However, he finds himself forced to resort to theft and violence one last time in order to attain this hope.
A short fiction film that takes place on the day that Faris (16) is released from prison after serving a nine-month sentence for slashing the face of another kid who had insulted his mother. Faris decides that he and his mother should move out of el-Zawiya el-Hamra, a poor and rough popular quarter in Cairo, and begin a new life in a better part of the town. However, he finds himself forced to resort to theft and violence one last time in order to attain this hope.
Leave A Comment