France / May 24, 2022 / Cannes Film Festival
1h 24min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
Merowe Dam in North Sudan. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to erect a mysterious construction made of mud. Despite a disturbing wound in his lower back that seems to be eating away at his skin, he continues his labor day after day. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his mud creation starts slowly to take a life of its own.
Main cast
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | السد |
| Original language | العربية (AR) |
| Spoken languages | العربية |
| Production countries | France, Germany, Greece, Lebanon, Netherlands, Qatar, Serbia, Sudan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | DGL Travel, KinoElektron, Trilema, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Galerie Imane Farès, The Vega Foundation |
| Release date | 1 marzo 2023 |
| Production | Thanassis Karathanos, Imane Farès, Vladimir Perišić, Martin Hampel, Janja Kralj, Vanja Milanovic, Remi Bonhomme, Olivier Père, Samo Hussein |
| Writer | Bertrand Bonello, Geoffroy Grison, Ali Cherri, Lina Mounzer |
| Editing | Nelly Quettier, Isabelle Manquillet, Yov Moor |
| Cinematography | Bassem Fayad |
| Assistant directors | Toufic Khreich, Savannah Delcamp-Risse, Mona Khouli, Ali Cherri |
| Camera operators | Bassem Fayad |
| Additional photography | Bassem Fayad |
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| Production design | Abbass Alkhalifa |
| Art direction | Abbass Alkhalifa |
| Set decoration | Abbass Alkhalifa |
| Visual effects | Mel Massadian |
| Music | ROB, Vincent Gregorio, Simon Apostolou, Emmanuel Desguez, Thomas Van Pottelberge, Jakov Munižaba, Luka Barajević |
| Sound | Vincent Gregorio, Simon Apostolou, Emmanuel Desguez, Thomas Van Pottelberge, Jakov Munižaba, ROB, Luka Barajević |
Release dates
Premiere
South Korea / Jun 26, 2024 / National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art - Human and Nature: from Romance to Horror
Theatrical release
France / Mar 01, 2023
Physical media
France / Aug 22, 2023 / DVD
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