Dreams of the City
Appearance
Dreams of the City (Ahlam al-Madina) أحلام المدينة | |
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Directed by | Mohamed Malas |
Written by | Mohamed Malas Samir Zikra |
Produced by | General Organization for Cinema |
Starring | Rafiq Sbei'i Hicham Khchefati Yasmine Khlat Bassel Abyad Ayman Zeidan |
Cinematography | Ordijan Anjin |
Edited by | Haitham Kuwwatli |
Distributed by | General Organization for Cinema |
Release date | 1984 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Syria |
Language | Arabic |
Dreams of the City or Ahlam al-Madina (Arabic: أحلام المدينة) (Dreams of the City) is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in the turbulent 1950s.
Awards
- Carthage Film Festival- Tanit d'Or, 1985.
- Berlin International Film Festival - Interfilm Award - Honorable Mention, 1985.
- Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema - Golden Palm, 1985.