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MOONBLIND

By Nada RIYADH

LES CINEMAS DU MONDE - LA FABRIQUE CINEMA DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS - as PROMO

Second film - Development 2023

12-year-old Nour escapes Cairo after stabbing her sexually abusive father, and becomes Badr, an androgynous teenager who assists a blessed healer in an isolated village in cleansing young girls with mysterious illnesses in the river.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Second film, Drama
- Countries
- EGYPT
- Director(s)
- Nada RIYADH
- Producer(s)
- Ayman EL AMIR (FELUCCA FILMS)
- Synopsis
- 12-year-old Nour must leave Cairo after stabbing her sexually abusive father. Finding refuge on an island upstream of the Nile, she becomes Badr, an androgynous teenager. Badr serves a blessed healer, Safiya, who cleanses young girls with mysterious illnesses in the river. Badr, who is only allowed to do menial tasks and is forbidden from dealing with Safiya's patients, struggles to continue obeying orders. Badr then meets Salma, a new patient. The two secretly connect intimately. When a girl drowns during Safiya's sacred ritual, Badr is consumed with rage and promises to protect Salma no matter what.