THE DEVIL'S DRIVERS

By Daniel CARSENTY, Mohammed ABUGETH

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Documentary - Completed 2021

Chased by the army, two Beduin smuggle Palestinian workers through the Negev desert. A portrait filmed over five years about men living on the edge in one the most fragile regions of the world.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2021
TIFF Docs
Ventana Sur 2021
European Screenings
CPH:DOX 2022
HIGHLIGHTS
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Daniel CARSENTY, Mohammed ABUGETH
    • Producer(s)
    • Daniel CARSENTY (DANIEL CARSENTY)
    • Synopsis

    • In the southern West Bank, Hamouda and his cousin Ismail are among the Bedouin drivers who risk their lives smuggling illegal workers over the border. Between them and the destination, there is the desert - of which they know every inch - and the heavy presence of the Israeli military patrols. If they are caught, they go to jail. Yet only those fares can help them provide for their families, so they keep on driving and enjoying each day of freedom as it might just be the last.