Dunia
Directed by Jocelyne SaabAfter studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet 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.
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Dunia was released on 3 de diciembre de 2005.
Dunia was directed by Jocelyne Saab.
Dunia has a runtime of 1h 52min.
Dunia was produced by Catherine Dussart, Jocelyne Saab.
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet 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.
The key characters in Dunia are Dunia (Hanan Turk), Beshir (Mohamed Mounir), Inayate (Aaidah Riyadh).
Dunia is a Drama, Romance film.
Dunia has an audience rating of 7.4 out of 10.