The Day I Smoked a Cigarette With My Father
Synopsis
Cairo, 1964. Alaa, a 12-year-old boy, and his three younger siblings hear shouting from the street. Outside, the crowd is cheering for a man. The children can barely believe their eyes: the man is their father, Ibrahim. Nobody expected him to come home from prison that day.
Credits
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Valseurs
- Co-productions : White Boat Pictures, Fig Leaf Studios
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
- French distribution : Shortcuts
Full credits (7)
- Coproducteur étranger : Valentin Leblanc, Delphine Duez
- Screenwriter : Sameh Alaa
- Music Composer : Simon Fransquet
- Editor : Jérôme Bréau
- Sound recordists : Frédéric Furnelle, Gilles Bénardeau, Ahmed Sabbour
- Producers : Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty, Clara Marquardt
- Co-producer : Mark Lofty
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Animated film
- Sub-genre : Portrait, Historical, Drama, 2D animation
- Themes : City, History, Adolescence, Jail, Family, Childhood, Politics
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Egypt, Belgium, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Egypt, Belgium, France)
- Production year : 2026
- Runtime : 12 min 26 seconds
- Visa number : (à venir)
- Visa issue date : 14/07/2026
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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