Synopsis
Five young students from different backgrounds share an apartment in Ramallah. Stuck in their apartment due to a curfew and bombings outside, their confinement inspires them to prepare a dish of Maqloubeh* for lunch. After initially disagreeing about which ingredients are needed, the roommates finally agree on a compromise. But just as they sit down to enjoy their meal, an unexpected occurrence interrupts them and turns everything upside down.
*Maqloubeh: a traditional Palestinian dish meaning "turn upside down."
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Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : IPS
- Foreign production company : A M Qattan Foundation
- Associate producer : Studio Masr
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Karim Boutros Ghali
- Screenwriters : Nicolas Damuni, Hani Zurob
- Director of Photography : Ahmad Yakoub
- Music Composers : Ahmad Al Khatib, Youssef Hbeisch
- Assistant Director : Louma Sanbar
- Editor : Nicolas Damuni
- Sound Recordist : Mohamed Gaber
- Costume designer : Refaat Abdel Hakim
- Line Producer : Nabil Sobhy
- Voice : Abbas Hajj Hassan
- Voice-overs : Pamela Kesrouani, Suha Sibany
- Assistant Operator : Khaled Fahmi
- Production managers : Pierre Lièvre, Yasser Sobhy
- Sound editors : Boris Chapelle, Nicolas Damuni
- Continuity supervisor : Samir Ashraf
- Production Designer : Salah El-Shazly
- Sound Mixer : Boris Chapelle
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Black comedy
- Themes : Conflict, War, Countries
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Palestine, Egypt
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Palestine, Egypt)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 10 min 27 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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