East of Noon

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East of Noon

2024

1h 49m

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Drama

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Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is the fable of prodigy ABDO (19) who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman SHAWKY (70), an eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and storyteller JALALA (75), who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth's unchained vision of a better world.

Robert Daniels

Screen International

05/21/2024

A sumptuous piece of filmmaking, East Of Noon captures youthful angst under autocratic rule.

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Joseph Fahim

Middle East Eye

12/28/2024

Laced with disparate influences – from the colloquial poetry of Salah Jahin and Egyptian musicals of the 1940s, to the use of political symbolism in the Brazilian Cinema Novo, East of Noon is the year’s most formally inventive Middle Eastern picture.

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Jaime Pena

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

07/26/2024

Cinema that renounces the latest technology and uses recycling to return to the spirit of the revolutionaries. [Full review in Spanish]

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Öykü Sofuoğlu

In Review Online

06/04/2024

Calling Elkoussy’s vision in East of Noon dystopian would be too reductive and oversimplifying, for she never loses sight of the humor and surreal absurdity within her makeshift set pieces.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

05/22/2024

3/5

Though it takes some time orienting oneself in this universe, there are some powerful statements about what stands as the most profound way to survive an autocracy -- by staying devoted to imagination and the creative process.

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Ezequiel Boetti

Otroscines.com

05/21/2024

3/5

... An unintentionally optimistic film, a somewhat obvious plea in favor of freedom. [Full review in Spanish]

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Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is the fable of prodigy ABDO (19) who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman SHAWKY (70), an eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and storyteller JALALA (75), who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth's unchained vision of a better world.

Director: Hala Elkoussy
Producer: Lonnie van Brummelen, Marc Thelosen
Screenwriter: Hala Elkoussy
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1h 49m