Villa Pignatelli
regia Sandra Gysi Ahmed Abdel Mohsen
paese Svizzera, 2011
lingua arabo con sottotitoli in italiano
Anteprima Italiana
23 giugno 2017
durata 77 min
The 80-year-old man Sayyed el-Dawwy is the last alive interpreter of the Sira. It is the most important Arabic epic poem, and el-Dawwy is the only one to know its 5 million verses. Now he wants to pass on his knowledge to his grandson: Ramadan. He wants to do it in the same way in which the Sira has orally been passed on for generations. The movie follows them during their public performances through Egypt. Sayyed wants to raise his grandson according to lore. Ramadan is interested in the modern interpretations of the Sira instead, that have been influenced by pop music and soap operas. Thus, we realize that even when generations face-off, the portrait of the world emerges in the past as well as in the present, looking for its stories and heroes.
