the Jeziraa documentary by Anna Roussillon
Title The Jezira
Director Anna Roussillon
Editor Saskia Berthod
Duration 90’
Shooting place Egypt (Luxor)
Shooting format HDCAM
Producer Malik Menaï - Mosaïque Films
With the support of SCAM (Brouillon...
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the Jeziraa documentary by Anna Roussillon
Title The Jezira
Director Anna Roussillon
Editor Saskia Berthod
Duration 90’
Shooting place Egypt (Luxor)
Shooting format HDCAM
Producer Malik Menaï - Mosaïque Films
With the support of SCAM (Brouillon
d’un rêve), Institut Français (Bourse Louis
Lumière), CNC, Région Champagne
Ardenne, Périphéries.
LOGLINE
Far from Tahrir Square, Farraj,
a South Egyptian farmer, strives
to keep up with the events
occurring in his country, as the
revolution unfolds.
SYNOPSIS
A village near Luxor, on the
western bank of the Nile: a cluster
of small buildings seemingly
heaped on top of one another,
surrounded by endless fields and
deserts. In early 2011, when the
revolution broke out, nothing
seemed to be changing for Farraj,
his family, and his neighbors.
Now, everyone is talking about a
constitution, rights, elections, and
hopes for change–the way, back
in the old days, they used to talk
about bread, the wheat harvest, or
a wedd
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