Dina Emam – Yo Meddine #Cannes2018

May 21, 2018

Dina Emam - Yo Meddine #Cannes2018 fredfilmradio

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Dina Emam, producer of the film Yo Meddine.

Born from Egyptian parents but living and breathing in New York City, first time feature film producer Dina Eman meets FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti to describe her journey into production with Yo Meddine by A.B. Shawky, in competition at the 71st Festival De Cannes. It was the story about a friendship, about certain freaks being cast out of society that convinced Dina that A. B Shawky’s idea was the one she could produce to turn it into a film. In this very moment in history, the lesson we could learn from Yo Meddine is that “we should all look at people like Obama, the little boy in the film, looks at Beshay and everyone he meets along his way”. No more outsiders, only people.

Yo Meddine: Beshay – a man cured of leprosy – has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meagre possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wing, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows, its hardships and moments of grace, in his quest for a family, a place to belong, a little humanity…

For the page of the film on the Festival website, click here.

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