Hawi (film)

Hawi (Arabic: هاوي, romanized: Hāwī) is a 2010 Egyptian film directed by Ibrahim El Batout, starred by Mohamed El Sayed, Sherif El Dessouki and Mirette El Hariri.

Hawi
Directed byIbrahim El Batout
Screenplay byIbrahim El Batout
Produced byHossam Elouan; Ibrahim El Batout, Ein Shams Films
StarringHanan Youssef, Sherif El Dessouki, Mohamed El Sayed, Fady Iskandar
CinematographyIbrahim El Batout
Edited byPerry Moataz
Music byMassar Egbary
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
112'
CountriesEgypt
Qatar
LanguageArabic
BudgetEGP1,000,000[1]

Shot in Alexandria using non-professional actors and a volunteer crew, the film is inspired by the alternative cinema of Jean-Luc Godard, Dziga Vertov and Abbas Kiarostami.[2]

Synopsis

Youssef, Ibrahim and Fady spent 20 years in the same prison. Youssef has just been released in order to find several confidential documents. After 20 years, Ibrahim wants to see his daughter again. She is rehearsing with the third man, Fady, the musician. Apart from these three men, in The Juggler, we will also meet an old horseman who hopes to heal his beloved animal and a TV presenter who needs a guest for his show. They are all looking for someone or something in this kaleidoscopic portrait of loneliness and despair in today's Egypt.[3]

Awards

The film received awards at the following film festivals:[3]

References
  1. "Hawi (2010)". Imdb.
  2. "Hawi". Film Funding. Doha Film Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  3. "Hawi". Festival de cine africano. Retrieved 9 November 2019.


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