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Kiss Me Not on the Eyes

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Original title

Dunia

Year

2005

Running time

112 min.

Country

Egypt

Director

Jocelyn Saab

Screenwriter

Jocelyn Saab

Cast

Music

Patrick Leygonie, Jean-Pierre Mas

Cinematography

Jacques Bouquin

Producer

Co-production Egypt-Lebanon-France;

Catherine Dussart Productions (CDP)

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet Beshir, an intellectual and activist who will supervise her thesis on ecstasy in Sufi love poetry. Their attraction is mutual. This could be liberation for Dunia but the constraints on women in Egyptian society goes deeper than she suspects.

Awards: 2006: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize

2005: Montreal Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Prix des Amériques

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Kiss Me Not on the Eyes

2005

Jocelyn Saab