ZELAL
Director Marianne Khoury, Mustapha Hasnaoui
Countries Egypt, France
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
A journey into the enclosed world of two of Cairo's mental hospitals, ZELAL draws us into the day-to-day life of "ordinary" madmen and women. The ï¬lm lays bare the shattered humanity of people abandoned without hope, left to stumble about in the backwash of lifeÂ’s misfortunes. In the process, the vieer confronts his own demons, with the disturbing realization that the mentally ill are actually extensions of societyÂ’s madness.
A journey into the enclosed world of two of Cairo's mental hospitals, ZELAL draws us into the day-to-day life of "ordinary" madmen and women. The ï¬lm lays bare the shattered humanity of people abandoned without hope, left to stumble about in the backwash of lifeÂ’s misfortunes. In the process, the vieer confronts his own demons, with the disturbing realization that the mentally ill are actually extensions of societyÂ’s madness.