The official trailer for the movie has been released "Abdo and Saniya" Coinciding with its world premiere at the Red Sea Film Festival

 

In conjunction with the world premiere of the film "Abdo and Sania" As part of the Arab Masterpieces program at the fourth session of the Red Sea Film Festival, whose activities will be held from December 5 to 14, the official trailer for the film was released, which shows in less than two minutes the story of the couple Abdo and Sania, Egyptian farmers, after they left their simple village life and headed for… To live in New York City without being fluent in the English language or any knowledge of the nature of American life.

 In addition to being illiterate, they challenge the impossible to find a cure for a problem. They are infertile. They are perfect prey in this fast-moving city because of their naivety, but their desire to survive takes them from homelessness to the international restaurant and kitchen business.

 

“Abdo and Saniya” It is the region’s first contemporary silent film, a unique multicultural, black-and-white, silent opera with a fully composed Middle Eastern/Western score that reflects some of the brutal realities of a voiceless immigrant minority that constitutes an invisible layer of American society.

It is also a visual poem about an ancient traditional world that is slowly giving way to technological progress and globalization, starring Omar Bakri, Engy El Gamal, who participated in the Ramy series, Roger Hendrix Simon, and Marilyn. Villafane, Ahmed Khaled, Haitham Nour, Katharine McLeod, and Guy Lemonnier; Directed and written by Omar Bakri, director of photography Vicente Roxas, edited by Salah Anwar and Omar Bakri, artistic supervision and decoration by Nihal Farouk and Mohamed Mikha, artistic producer Gasel Martino, costume design by Yanlisa Rafferty and Nermin Saeed, soundtrack by Alexander Azaria, and produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Chaconia Pictures (Jasel Martino), Timewormz (Ingie El Gamal) and distributed by Independent Film Clinic For distribution in the Middle East and North Africa.

 

The Arab Masterpieces program, through which the film will be shown, is a program held within the activities of the Red Sea International Film Festival and aims to shed light on the most important modern cinematic works. From all over the Arab world, covering various societal topics from different Arab countries by veteran and promising directors and pioneers of Arab cinema.