EAST OF NOON

SHARQ 12

By Hala ELKOUSSY

SEE NL (EYE / NETHERLANDS FILMFUND / NETHERLANDS FILM COMMISSION) - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2024

In a strange and dictatorial world outside of time, young artist ABDO rebels against his elders and dares to seek freedom.

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes 2024
Quinzaine
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, Second film, Female director
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Duration
    • 109 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Hala ELKOUSSY
    • Writer(s)
    • Hala ELKOUSSE
    • Producer(s)
    • Lonnie VAN BRUMMELEN (Vriza Productions), Marc THELOSEN (seriousFilm)
    • Synopsis
    • 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.