DIAMOND DUST

Egypt I 2018 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 155 min

Nordic premiere

Taha is a pharmacist who lives a dreary life with his father, and plays the drums in his spare time. When he returns home one day, he finds his father dead on the ground. Taha barely absorbs the shock before he takes a blow to the head that renders him unconsciousness. He begins reading his father’s memoirs to discover secrets that can reveal who might be behind his murder. He learns about the history of his grandfather Hana Al Zahar and his friend Al Khawaja Lito, and how the two in uenced his father, Hussein Al Zahar. He also learns of the
secrets of a corrupt group that his father stalked through a telescope from his window.

CAST & CREDITS
Director: Marwan Hamed
Writer: Ahmed Mourad
DOP: Ahmed Al Morsy
Cast: Asser Yassin, Menna Shalaby, Ahmed Kamal, Eyad Nassar, Mohamed Mamdouh
Producer: Zaid El Kordy