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WHAT COMES AROUND

AL GAMI'YA

By Reem SALEH

HELLENIC FILM AND AUDIOVISUAL CENTER - CREATIVE GREECE - as PROMO

Documentary - Completed 2018

A rare, intimate and genuine portrait of life, witnessed through the eyes and voice of its characters in a place that doesn’t know rest, situated under a train station.

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- LEBANON, EGYPT, GREECE, QATAR, SLOVENIA
- Languages
- ARABIC-EGYPT
- Budget
- N/A
- Duration
- 79 mn
- Director(s)
- Reem SALEH
- Writer(s)
- Reem SALEH
- Producer(s)
- Reem SALEH (Mazameer Productions), Konstantina SATVRIANOU (Graal)
- Synopsis
- In Rod El Farag, one of the poorest residential areas in Cairo, obtaining meat, fruit and daily bread is a constant struggle, but the sense of community shared by the inhabitants helps them to some extent overcome their hardships through a social practice known as ‘al Gami’ya’, or ‘the assembly’, which also functions as an alternative banking system. More than support, the assembly is an integral part of their daily life, adults and children alike. The assembly in this film serves a portal to penetrate the vivacity of 5 characters over a period of 6 years. A rare, intimate and genuine portrait of life, witnessed through the eyes and voice of its characters in a place that doesn’t know rest, situated under a train station.