Kiss Me Not on the Eyes

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Dunia (Kiss Me Not on the Eyes)
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Directed by Jocelyne Saab
Screenplay by Jocelyne Saab
Produced byCollection d’Artiste
Starring Hanan Tork
Mohamed Mounir
Aida Riad
Fathi Abdel Wahab
CinematographyJacques Bouquin
Edited byClaude Reznik
Music byJean-Pierre Mas, Patrick Legonie
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
110'
CountriesEgypt
France
Libya
Morocco

Dunia (English title: Kiss Me Not on the Eyes) is a 2005 Egyptian film directed by Jocelyne Saab and starring Hanan Tork and Mohamed Mounir. It premiered at the 2005 Cairo International Film Festival. [1]

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Synopsis

Student of Sufi poetry and belly dance in Cairo, Dunia is looking for herself and wishes to become a professional dancer. During casting for a dance contest, she meets the illustrious and charming Dr Bechir, a Sufi thinker and writer. With him, Dunia will discover not only the pleasure of words through Sufi poetry, but also the pleasure of the senses. However, she will have to confront tradition, which destroyed her capacity to feel pleasure, in order to free her body and dance with her soul. [2]

Release and reception

Shortly before the Egyptian premiere, the film was banned by the authorities. Saab received death threats from fundamentalists. [2]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Mohamed Mounir". www.sis.gov.eg. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  2. 1 2 "Once Upon a Time in Beirut – Homage to Jocelyne Saab". Arsenal-Berlin. Retrieved 2024-05-04.


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