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The Burdened

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Aden, Yemen. Isra'a and Ahmed put all their efforts offering a normal life and education to their three young children. When they find out that Isra'a is pregnant again, they have to make difficult decisions guided only by their family's interest.

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Jonathan Romney Screen International 02/22/2023
What’s striking is how extremely spare and to the point Gamal’s storytelling style is: there’s zero fat on the bones of this story, giving the film a taut directness. Go to Full Review Frank J. Avella Awards Daily 12/02/2023
B-
Abortion dramas are not rare, but we hardly ever see depictions of people of a certain age making the decision. Go to Full Review Jay Weissberg The Film Verdict 06/06/2023
Shot by Mrinal Desai ("Court") in a deceptively straightforward style that adds a heightened feeling of authenticity, the film is a rigorously controlled, moving evocation of a family exhausted by the difficulties of keeping it all together. Go to Full Review Sarah Manvel Critic's Notebook 03/15/2023
Its kindness and intuition about human nature and the way in which it uses location to reflect mood are skills filmmakers from many other nations could stand to study. Go to Full Review Gayle Sequeira Film Companion 03/09/2023
Grocery shopping becomes an excursion into the limits of the couple’s pockets. The act of preparing dinner becomes a race against time before yet another power cut. Couched in the exasperated expressions of parenthood is the language of financial stress. Go to Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye 03/07/2023
Gamal mostly frames his characters in wide shots, letting his camera linger on Aden’s cluttered exteriors after a stretch of dialogue ends, giving viewers the space to dwell on an ailing city on the brink. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Amr Gamal

Director

Khaled Hamdan

Ahmed

Abeer Mohammed

Isra'a

Samah Alamrani

Muna

Awsam Abdulrahman

Abbas

Shahd Algonfedy

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Movie Info

Synopsis Aden, Yemen. Isra'a and Ahmed put all their efforts offering a normal life and education to their three young children. When they find out that Isra'a is pregnant again, they have to make difficult decisions guided only by their family's interest.
Director
Amr Gamal
Producer
Mohsen Alkhalifi, Amr Gamal
Screenwriter
Amr Gamal, Mazen Refaat
Production Co
Adenium Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 31m