East of Noon
(2025)
Year: 2025
Runtime: 109 мин
Country: Egypt, Netherlands
Director: Hala Elkoussy
Cast: Ahmed Kamal, Menha Batraoui, Omar Rozik, Fayza Shama, Osama Abo EL Atta, Mohamed Salama, Bassem Wadie
Plot
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.