In search of a cure for infertility, an Egyptian peasant couple immigrate to New York City without any notion of modern American life. Illiterate and non English speaking, love helps them defy impossible odds, surviving the renegade homeless world and the hell kitchens of the restaurant business.
“Abdo and Saneya” is a one of a kind multicultural silent black and white art house film. A pantomime opera, with a fully composed Middle Eastern/Western musical score, reflecting some of the brutal realities experienced by a voiceless immigrant minority that form an invisible layer of American society. It is also a visual poem on an old traditional world slowly dissolving into a technological and global one.
Written and Directed by: Omar Bakry
Produced by: Jaselle Martino, Mohamed Hefzy and Inji El Gammal
Starring: Inji El Gammal, Omar Bakry, Marlene Villafane, Haytham Noor, Katharine McLeod, Guy Lemonnier
Edited by: Salah Anwar, Omar Bakry
Music by: Alexandre Azaria
Music Produced by: Jerome Lateur
Competed: Summer 2024
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