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TARTARUS

By Omar ELHAMY

Thriller - Completed 2019

An exhausted gangster encounters a specter from his past, a presence without censure, nor even warning, but with a message of inevitability.

Festivals
& Awards

FNC - Montréal 2019

Official Competition

Shnit Film Festival 2019

Official Competition

Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International 2019

Official Competition

Sharjah 2020

Official Selection

Zawya Film Festival 2020

Official Competition

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Thriller, Fantasy, Crime
- Countries
- CANADA, EGYPT
- Languages
- ARABIC, GREEK
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 20 mn
- Director(s)
- Omar ELHAMY
- Writer(s)
- Omar ELHAMY, Jonathan BEAULIEU-CYR, Paul CHOTEL
- Cast
- Christos TOUPIS, Nicolas KATSIBRIS, Yiannis KONTAKIDIS
- Producer(s)
- Jonathan BEAULIEU-CYR (LES FILMS RÔDEURS), Paul CHOTEL (LES FILMS RÔDEURS), Islam KAMAL (FIGLEAF STUDIOS)
- Synopsis
- An exhausted gangster encounters a specter from his past, a presence without censure, nor even warning, but with a message of inevitability. A set of moral complexities within male relationships where camaraderie, death, hauntings, and the unalterable path of a code of conduct pull a lost man into oblivion. Shot in collaboration with members of the Greek community in Alexandria, Egypt.
  
  Short Statement by the Director
  Tartarus is an experimental fiction fantasy. The project was made in partnership with members of the Greek community in Alexandria, Egypt, that is a disappearing minority. The film is not a reminder of the past and the nostalgic emotional longing, but rather, the characters of the film are haunted by it. With a recipe of fantastical present and a haunting past, I am looking to create an atmosphere that is relevant to the current Arab situation where many might feel like outcasts with a disturbing history.