The Alleys

The Alleys (2021)

الحارة

In un claustrofobico quartiere, pettegolezzi e violenza controllano e regolano il comportamento delle persone. Qui, le vite dei residenti si intrecciano e si scontrano mentre alcuni cercano di rispettare le norme sociali e altri cercano di infrangerle.

Data di uscita
2021-08-08
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (15)
Durata
1 h 53 min
Generi
Thriller, Dramma, Crime
Regista
Bassel Ghandour

Cast

Curiosità

The Alleys is a 2021 Jordanian crime thriller film written and directed by Bassel Ghandour in his feature directorial debut. Set in a neighbourhood of East Amman, the film follows a small-time hustler whose secret relationship sets off a chain of blackmail, gossip and violence. It stars Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahnah, Nadira Omran and Maisa Abd Elhadi.

Production

The Alleys is the first feature directed by Bassel Ghandour, who previously co-wrote and produced Theeb (2014), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut. The film was produced by Rula Nasser of The Imaginarium Films and Yousef Abed Alnabi of Bayt Al Shawareb, with Shahinaz El-Akkad's Lagoonie Film Production as co-producer.

The project was developed through the EAVE Producers Workshop and received support from the Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, the Doha Film Institute, Dubai Film Connection and the Red Sea Lodge. At the 2020 Cairo Film Connection, the co-production platform of the Cairo International Film Festival, it won the Badyã Award and the New Century Productions Prize, each worth US$10,000.

The cinematography is by Justin Hamilton, the editing by Eyad Hamam, and the original score by Nasser Sharaf. A soundtrack album was released in September 2022.

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