Marwan Harb

Alephia 2053

The film plunges the viewer into 2053, in Alephia, a fictional Arab country, “Dystopian and imaginary”, whose name is taken from Aleph, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet and “ia” (or “ya”), the last letter of this alphabet. Three characters will unite their efforts to free his people from the yoke of the regime “The most authoritarian and the most developed in history”, described L’Orient-Le Jour.

Exterior/Night

When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.