Souad12A

Dir. Ayten Amin | Egypt | 2021 | 1h 42m | Arabic/subs. | Starring Bassant Ahmed, Sarah Shedid, Basmala Elghaiesh

In a small city on the Nile Delta, a teenager lives a double life – conservative and veiled among her family yet outgoing and liberated through her online alter-ego. Featuring astonishing performances from a cast of non-professionals, this sensitive coming-of-age drama (co-produced by Wim Wenders)  is an acute examination of Egypt’s Generation Z.

Reviews

‘Ayten Amin’s sharp, subtle coming-of-age drama [is a] shrewd and poignant study of social media identities’ ★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

 

‘Amin’s quietly bristling film has a whole world going on under the surface.’ ★★★★ Danny Leigh, The FT

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We showed Souad between September 24, 2021 and September 30, 2021.

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18:30

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1h 33m
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20:30

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1h 46m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
Residents of a rural village outside Tokyo oppose the development of a nearby luxury "glamping" site in this captivating eco-drama by Oscar-winning director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car).

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Sunday 28th April

15:00

Ratatouille PG
1h 51m
Brad Bird's five-star animated family classic (with a zero-star hygiene rating) following the highs and lows of Linguini, a clumsy aspiring chef, and his highly skilled co-cook Remy...who happens to be a rat.

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17:30

Evil Does Not Exist 12A
1h 46m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
Residents of a rural village outside Tokyo oppose the development of a nearby luxury "glamping" site in this captivating eco-drama by Oscar-winning director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car).

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20:00

Disco Boy 15
1h 33m | French w/ English subtitles
A Belarusian migrant arrives in Paris and joins the Foreign Legion in order to attain French citizenship in this dreamlike debut by Italian filmmaker Giacomo Abbruzzese, starring Franz Rogowski (Passages).

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