Zelal

2010 90 min

Overview

Zelal is a documentary that's an invitation to delve into the world of psychiatry and "madness" in Egypt. It meets the ordinary madmen and women banished to mental institutions by Egyptian society and offers more than just a journey into their world of shadows. The hospitals end up becoming the only place patients can conceive, not because they are truly "crazy", but because they fear the outside world. The film forces viewers to put their own preconceptions and interpretations to the test, reminding us that freedom is precarious in a society that does not tolerate any differences.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United Arab Emirates
Egypt
France
Morocco

Spoken Languages

Arabic ar

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Cast

Crew

Marianne Khoury

Director

Mustapha Hasnaoui

Director

Gabriel Khoury

Producer

Marianne Khoury

Producer

Marianne Khoury

Screenplay

Mustapha Hasnaoui

Screenplay

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