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  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Beshay - a man cured of leprosy - has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meagre possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under hi...

Directed By: Abu Bakr Shawky

Written By: Abu Bakr Shawky

  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m

Yomeddine

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Beshay - a man cured of leprosy - has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meagre possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under hi...

Directed By: Abu Bakr Shawky

Written By: Abu Bakr Shawky

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
62
67% Positive
8 Reviews
33% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
8 Reviews
33% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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85
Jun 19, 2019
As a cinematic experience, Yomeddine is near flawless, with a skillful direction, an engaging story, a fitting score and a captivating visual, but it particularly has to be praised for its actors.
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80
May 18, 2018
A simple story told with abundant gentleness, Yomeddine looks at a group of outcasts with such compassion and generosity that it has the good manners not to artificially inflate their tale with phony uplift.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
75
May 18, 2018
Rady Gamal, who plays Beshay, gives an affecting performance of playful charm with an undercurrent of deep sadness. He and Ahmed Abdelhafiz as Obama are a pair to root for, and Shawky gives them plenty of perils but also abundant moments of grace.
By Steve Pond FULL REVIEW
70
May 30, 2019
As Gamal, himself raised in a leper colony, knowingly navigates the uncomfortable glares he encounters along the way, Yomeddine (Arabic for “judgment day”) takes an affecting path toward belonging and acceptance.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
70
May 18, 2018
Anchored by lead Rady Gamal’s warm-hearted charisma, the film is a sweet, solid first feature marbled with genuinely touching moments that make up for times when the siren call of sentimentality becomes a little too loud.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
50
May 18, 2018
This is a picaresque road movie about two mismatched characters, with rookie director A.B. Shawky offering a motley and not entirely smooth cocktail of drama and melodrama, a dash of social critique and insight, some chuckles and a few tugs at the heartstrings, mainly by virtue of its near-virtuoso score.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
40
May 18, 2018
It is a rather slight dramatic experience.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Desert Highway Pictures, Film-Clinic
Release Date May 31, 2019
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.deserthighwaypictures.com/
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Awards

THE CRITICS AWARDS FOR ARAB FILMS
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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