THE ALLEYS

الزقاق

By Bassel GHANDOUR

THE IMAGINARIUM FILMS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2021

Behind closed doors neighbors hide secrets, tell lies and wear
masks as they navigate the labyrinthine alleys of Amman.

Festivals
& Awards

Locarno 2021
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Crime, Social issues
    • Countries
    • JORDAN, EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bassel GHANDOUR
    • Producer(s)
    • Rula NASSER (The Imaginarium Films), Shahinaz AKKAD (Laggonie ), Yousef ABDELNABI (Bayt Shawarb )
    • Synopsis
    • Gossip and violence run rampant deep in the labyrinthine
      alleys of East Amman. Ali, a hustler pretending to be a
      businessman, has to keep his relationship with Lana a secret
      in order to hide from society’s judgemental eye. Things start
      to fall apart when Lana’s mother, Aseel, is blackmailed by an
      unknown voyeur who has filmed the young couple.
      Hoping to avoid embarrassment, Aseel discreetly convinces
      Abbas, a ruthless gangster, to put a stop to it all… but things
      do not go as planned. Their lives start to intertwine and
      collide not only with each other, but with other neighbours
      living in the same alleys.