Salata Baladi
Director Nadia Kamel
Countries France
Duration 104 min
Synopsis
Nadia Kamel, a long-time assistant to Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, paints a sensitive and haunting portrait of her own family, exploring the complex cobweb of modern Egypt. When the director’s nephew hears a sermon that encourages religious war, Kamel decides to tell him the story of his maternal grandmother Maria: a woman part Christian, part Muslim – a feminist, a communist, an Italian and an Arab. A tale of cultural diversity built against the tensions that are created by political extremism.
Nadia Kamel, a long-time assistant to Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, paints a sensitive and haunting portrait of her own family, exploring the complex cobweb of modern Egypt. When the director’s nephew hears a sermon that encourages religious war, Kamel decides to tell him the story of his maternal grandmother Maria: a woman part Christian, part Muslim – a feminist, a communist, an Italian and an Arab. A tale of cultural diversity built against the tensions that are created by political extremism.