East of Noon (2025)
شرق ١٢
Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is the fable of prodigy Abdo (19) who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman Shawky (70), an eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and storyteller Jalala (75), who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth’s unchained vision of a better world.
- Date of release
- 2025-10-23
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Music
- Director
- Hala Elkoussy
Casting
- Ahmed Kamal — Shawky the Showman
- Menha Batraoui — Galala the Storyteller
- Omar Rozik — Abdo Galala
- Fayza Shama — Nunna "Lolly"
- Osama Abu Al Ata
- Mohamed Salama
- Bassem Wadie
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