Harka

OT: Harka

Lotfy Nathan // France, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Belgium, 2021
Fiction Feature // FF2022

Story

A young Tunesian caught up in a maelstrom of anger and despair. A portrait of a lost generation, whose lives are eaten up by poverty – 12 years after the Arab Spring. Ali just about gets by selling smuggled oil. When his father dies, he is forced to look after his two younger sisters. The three siblings are thrown on to their own resources and live in a house from which they will soon be evicted. While Ali struggles with the sudden burden of responsibility and the injustice that constantly confronts him, deep inside him the anger and bitterness rise to the surface – with tragic consequences.

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Director

LOTFY NATHAN (*1987, UK) is the son of Egyptian parents and lives in New York. His documentary 12 O'Clock Boys (2013) was shown worldwide at more than 50 festivals. Harka is his debut feature.

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Info

Original title: Harka

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: Arabic

Section: Kaleidoskop//FF2022

Production country: France, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Belgium

Produced: 2021

Runtime: 90 min

Language and subtitles: OV with English subtitles

Director: Lotfy Nathan

Screenplay: Lotfy Nathan

Cast: Adam Bessa, Najib Allagui, Ikbal Harbi, Salima Maatoug

Producer: Julie Viez

DoP: Maximilian Pittner

Sound: Philippe Deschamps

Editor: Sophie Corra, Thomas Niles

Music: Eli Keszler

Production design: Mohsen Raies

Costume design: Randa Khedher

Casting: Jamil Najjar

Commissioning Editor: Doris Hepp (ZDF/ARTE), Jörg Schneider (ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

World Sales: Film Constellation

Production Company: Cinenovo, Beachside, Anonymous Content, Kodiak Pictures

Co-Production: Spacemaker; Tarantula Luxembourg; DETAiLFILM; Wrong Men; Cinetelefilms; The Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel, ARTE

Film contact: Film Constellation, Chloe Tai (Marketing & Festivals Director): chloe@filmconstellation.com

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