Edited by Doaa Fadel | Release date 2010 (2010) | |
Directed by Marianne Khoury Mustapha Hasnaoui Produced by Gabriel Khoury Marianne Khoury Screenplay by Marianne Khoury Mustapha Hasnaoui Cinematography Tamer Joseph Victor Credi | ||
Synopsis
Zelal is an invitation to delve into the world of psychiatry and "madness" in Egypt. It meets the ordinary madmen and women banished to mental institutions by Egyptian society and offers more than just a journey into their world of shadows. The hospitals end up becoming the only place patients can conceive, not because they are truly "crazy", but because they fear the outside world. The film forces viewers to put their own preconceptions and interpretations to the test, reminding us that freedom is precarious in a society that does not tolerate any differences.
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Zelal Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA