LUXOR
by ZEINA DURRA
Written by Zeina Durra / Photography Zelmira Gainza / Editing Andrea Chignoli / Starring Andrea Riseborough, Karim Saleh, Michael Landes, Sherine Reda / Produced by Film Clinic
Egypt, UK 2020 / 85’
V.O. sub. ITA – ENG
first screening
Luxor is the city where Hana, a British aid worker, returns looking for rest and tranquillity. Here she meets again Sultan, her ex-boyfriend. Is she really looking for him? What is she actually looking for?
The ancient Egyptian town becomes a catalyst
for and container of old and new
memories. The film is a sort of travel journal intertwining past and present, which leads the protagonist to ask herself questions about future. Durra definitely prefers powerful and suggestive images to dialogue.

DIRECTOR

© Billal Taright
British director and screenwriter, Zeina Durra, made her debut with The Imperialists Are Still Alive !, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010.

© Chiara Galloni, Ivan Olgiati, 2019