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."
Credits
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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The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
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