Life After Siham

Original title: La vie après Siham
Year: 2025
Language: French, Arabic
Available subtitles: English
Genre: Family, Religion
Country: France, Egypt
Runtime: 79 min
Status: Released

Soulful, touching and subtly funny, “Life After Siham” is a personal journey for director Namir Abdel Messeh, reflecting his bi-cultural background and grappling with the trauma of loss, but with an unexpected humoristic and auto ironic twist.  When his mother Siham passed away, Namir starts investigating his family’s history, between Egypt and France.  Mirroring the cinema of the giant of Egyptian cinema, Youssef Chahine, a story of exile — and above all, of love — begins to unfold.

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Director: Namir Abdel Messeeh
Screenplay: Namir Abdel Messeeh
Cinematography: Nicolas Duchêne
Editing: Benoît Alavoine / Emmaanuel Manzano
Music: Clovis Schneider
Sound Design: Emilio García
Sound: Julien Sicart / Sylvain Copans / Thomas Robert
Producers: Camille Laemlé / Namir Abdel Messeeh
Production Companies: Oweda Films / Les Films d’Ici
 

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Cannes International Film Festival - ACID// Zurich Film Festival - Spacial mention

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