Synopsis
This documentary retraces the origin of oriental dancing and shows its daily practice through shows and dance workshops. It gives different points of view and depicts the complexity of the relationship between religion and family on the one hand, and dance, pleasure, and femininity on the other. It strives to show another image of oriental dancing, so often linked in the West to the term - simplistic, to say the least - belly dance.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Génération Vidéo
- Film exports/foreign sales : noKzeDoc
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Bernard Louargant
- Screenwriter : Bernard Louargant
- Director of Photography : Jean-Marc Selva
- Assistant director : Élisabeth Mélo
- Editor : Laurent Pineau
- Line Producer : Bernard Louargant
- Camera Operator : Laurent Person
- Participants : Ottilie Eucher, Suzanne De Soye, Malek Chebel, Pierre Mechanick, Lillian Malki
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Dance, Music, Femininity, Performance
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1999
- Runtime : 22 min
- Production formats : Beta SP
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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