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  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destin...

Directed By: Amjad Abu Alala

Written By: Yousef Ibrahim, Hammour Ziada, Amjad Abu Alala

  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m

You Will Die At Twenty

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destin...

Directed By: Amjad Abu Alala

Written By: Yousef Ibrahim, Hammour Ziada, Amjad Abu Alala

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90
Jan 21, 2021
Avoiding didactic conclusions or pat answers, Alala’s film questions blind belief but finds boundless enchantment in every frame.
By Devika Girish FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 14, 2021
Sudanese film-maker Amjad Abu Alala’s radiant drama dares to wonder if death could inspire courage rather than fear.
By Simran Hans FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 9, 2021
The film is a parable about the dangers of blind faith in religion and authority, but it’s also warmly compassionate and accepting of human nature.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 22, 2021
A vibrant and transfixing revelation, You Will Die at 20 is as novel a vision as we may see this year. From its meaningful ideas on the here and the hereafter, its lesson for Muzamil is that after perishing a rebirth may follow.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 24, 2021
The performances are documentary real, with just enough melodrama about them to keep things interesting.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 28, 2021
Set in a remote Sudanese village where religion and prophecy are valuable currencies, You Will Die at Twenty beautifully examines misguided notions of faith.
By Glenn Heath Jr. FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 22, 2021
At times it’s a little too ponderous, and sometimes struggles to bring variation and surprise to its runtime. Yet this laconic, meditative drama muses on the nature of time and the revelation that, even though Muzamil’s predicament seems highly unlikely to the rational onlooker, the knowledge he accrues is pertinent to all mortals.
By David Jenkins FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Andolfi, Transit Films, DUOfilm, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Station Films, Film-Clinic, Sunny Land Film, Canal+ International, CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, Doha Film Institute, Duofilm
Release Date Jan 22, 2021
Duration 1 h 43 m
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Awards

Carthage Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Mumbai Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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