Illustrations by Maddie Fischer.Find all of our Cannes 2024 coverage here.Somewhere between dystopian and historical fiction, reality and the imaginary, dreaming and waking, sits East of Noon (2024), the second feature film by the Egyptian visual artist and filmmaker Hala Elkoussy. Ostensibly a film about the spirited rebellion of youth in the face of an authoritarian regime, its narrative abstraction makes it a beguiling prospect; this work, set “outside of time,” to use Elkoussy’s own words, floats in an undefined space, both temporally and geographically, yet the world it portrays is so richly detailed and specific. This contrast makes for a fascinating tension in the film—the question “Where are we?” soon gives way to “Where are we going?” In a community in the middle of nowhere, hemmed in by a guarded chain-link fence, Abdo (Omar Rozek) lives with his grandmother Galala (Menha Batraoui), a wise chronicler and keeper of stories for her people.
- 6/14/2024
- MUBI
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