Mafrouza
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- Objavljeno: 05. marec 2012
Mafrouza
Mafrouza - Oh la nuit!
Režija/by Emmanuelle Demoris
Francija, 2010, 138', DigiBeta
Prodaja/sales: Films de la Villa; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mafrouza je napol podrto barakarsko naselje v Aleksandriji, ki so ga poselili najrevnejši prebivalci egiptovskega obmorskega mesta. Nekdanja antična nekropola, zgrajena v četrtem stoletju našega štetja, je bilo vse do leta 2007 zatočišče deprivilegiranih ljudi, ki so se redko sploh zavedali zgodovinskega pomena mesta, ki ga poseljujejo. Kljub slabim življenjskim pogojem – stanovalci imajo elektriko, ne pa tudi tekoče vode in kanalizacije – pa ljudje živijo z nasmeškom na obrazih. To niso od družbe izključeni ljudje, saj so tesno povezani, solidarni in ponosni na arabsko kulturo, ki jo največkrat izražajo s pesmijo.
»To meet the people of Mafrouza is a powerful experience. I have rarely seen people who seem to resist fear and sadness in the same way. In the middle of a setting that embodies disaster, they find ways to laugh and find the time to take a true interest in others. It is as if the characters in Beckett decided it was better to laugh it off. They seem driven by an incredible life force, something like a mad capacity for happiness. It is comforting to encounter this, and it is this that made me want to make the film.« (Emmanuelle Demoris)
