Kiss Me Not on the Eyes ( Dunia )

Kiss Me Not on the Eyes (DVD) (*)

$37.99

Original Title: Dunia
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Egypt ( Africa, Middle East )
France ( France, Benelux )
Lebanon ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Jocelyn Saab

Written By:
Jocelyn Saab

Actors:
Hanan Turk ..... Dunia
Mohamed Mounir ..... Beshir
Fathy Abdel Wahab ..... Mamdouh
Sawsan Badr ..... Arwa
Khaled El Sawi ..... Hazem
Youssef Ismail ..... Antar
Aida Riad ..... Inayate

Synopsis:

A Middle Eastern woman is stranded between new freedoms and old traditions in this drama from writer and director Jocelyn Saab. Dunia (Hanane Turk) is an Egyptian woman in her early twenties whose mother was a famous belly dancer. Dunia has inherited her mother's beauty and talent, but is also keenly intelligent and is studying toward a master's degree in literature. Dunia studies dance under an instructor (Walid Aouni) who obviously is drawn to her as well as her skills, and she's also caught the eye of Beshir (Mohamed Mounir), an instructor at her college who is also helping her with her thesis on romantic poetry of the Arab world. However, Dunia is swept off her feet by Mamdouh (Fathi Abelwahab), a handsome young man who values her intelligence and independence. However, when Dunia marries Mamdouh, his attitude changes as he makes it his business to stifle her forthright nature, while Dunia's mother fears he may force Dunia to undergo the clitoral circumcision that was common to women of her generation. Wanting to express herself, Dunia signs up to take part in an international dance competition, but rather than traditional Egyptian belly dancing, she presents a bold performance piece inspired by the repression of women in her homeland.

Drama. After studying literature at Cairo University, 23-year-old Dunia wants to become a professional dancer. She attends an audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explains to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask their women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meets Beshir, an intellectual and activist who will supervise her thesis on ecstasy in Sufi love poetry. Their attraction is mutual. This could be liberation for Dunia but the constraints on women in Egyptian society goes deeper than she suspects.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 09 December, 2009.

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