EL-BANATE DOL (THESE GIRLS)

Out of Competition

Directed by :: Tahani RACHED

Country:: EGYPT

Year:: 2006

Duration:: 68.00 minutes

Synopsis

« El-Banate Dol » is a documentary that plunges us into the universe of adolescent girls living on the streets of Cairo, a universe of violence and oppression as well as freedom.

Those girls astonish us by the strength they exude, the laughs that enliven them and the hardness they have to use to face each day.

They are women, and thus twice marginalised. Their existence, their lives and adopted codes defy the social model. Their days are full of perils. Be it the police shake downs or the kidnappings by their fellow street dwellers... Whether they are women, children, mothers or all that at the same time, they live only in the present, by necessity. We catch a glimpse of the child within them in the dances, laughs, and acrobatics, as well as in the fights that can sometimes degenerate. But there is always that solidarity...

They are on the run, and on a quest for another manner of living and liberty,

"Those Girls" is also the story of the encounter of Tata, Mariam, Abir and Donia with another woman, Hind. An encounter under the sign of love. Hind is an illuminated person. A practising, veiled Moslem, she is animated by the universal principles of respect for every person. Her engagement for the girls brings her to transgress social barriers and taboos.

This film makes us discover a world, invisible to indifferent eyes,
but whose existence witnesses the vital and secret workings of society.

Tahani RACHED

Credits

Tahani RACHED - Director
Nancy ABDEL-FATTAH - Cinematography
Tamer KARAWAN - Music
Mona RABIE - Film Editor
Sameh GAMAL - Sound

Contacts and useful links

Production

STUDIO MASR - rue Studio Masr , El-Maryouteya - 12111 Guizeh - EGYPTE - T : +202 384 7151 - studiomasr@hotmail.com - www.studiomasr.com

French press

Annie MAURETTE - T : 01 43 71 55 52 - F : 01 43 71 64 24 - annie.maurette@noos.fr