Mediterranean Fever (film)

Mediterranean Fever is a 2022 internationally co-produced black comedy-drama film directed by Maha Haj, starring Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Anat Hadid, Samir Elias and Cynthia Saleem.

Mediterranean Fever
Cannes release poster
Directed byMaha Haj
Written byMaha Haj
Produced byBaher Agbariya
Thanassis Karathanos
Martin Hampel
Juliette Lepoutre
Pierre Menahem
Marios Piperides
Janine Teerling
Starring
  • Amer Hlehel
  • Ashraf Farah
  • Anat Hadid
  • Samir Elias
  • Cynthia Saleem
CinematographyAntoine Héberlé
Edited byVéronique Lange
Music byMunder Odeh
Production
companies
Majdal Films
Pallas Film
Still Moving
Amp Filmworks
Release date
25 May 2022 (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time
108 minutes
CountriesGermany
France
Cyprus
Palestine
Qatar

Cast
  • Amer Hlehel as Waleed
  • Ashraf Farah as Jalal
  • Anat Hadid as Ola
  • Samir Elias
  • Cynthia Saleem
  • Shaden Kanboura

Release

The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival on 25 May 2022, where it won the best screenplay award.[1]

Reception

Kaleem Aftab of Cineuropa called it a "refreshing look at the region's political turmoil with a lovely friendship at its heart."[2]

Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Haj "builds the story up with small jenga blocks of humor and well-observed vignettes, so soft and gentle that it’s barely noticeable when the tower starts to teeter with dread as the stakes get higher and the threat of violence more distinct."[1]

Tim Grierson of Screen Daily wrote that the "slim" tale is "elevated" by the performances of Hlehel and Farah, "ably portraying men each dealing with secret struggles they can’t always articulate."[3]

References
  1. Felperin, Leslie (31 May 2022). "'Mediterranean Fever': Film Review | Cannes 2022". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. Aftab, Kaleem (25 May 2022). "Review: Mediterranean Fever". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. Grierson, Tim (26 May 2022). "'Mediterranean Fever': Cannes Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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