Azziara

Oct 1 2015 N/A 0h 43m
Documentary, News

As a World Bank team visits an Egyptian village to investigate the transformation in agricultural management system, a TV presenter prepares a couple of episodes on the life of village women and a group of students visit a museum in Cairo with artificial figures that are supposed to resemble the life of Egyptian farmer.

Plot

An inspection team from the World Bank arrives in an Egyptian village a few years after the revolution to assess how the transformation of agricultural management has progressed since the political upheaval. All of the activities are, as required, recorded by a television crew. We watch a drainage channel being built and visit the local museum. Everything seems to be as it should. However, the documentary's authors leave the camera switched on even after the television crew has finished their work. As a result, the official record includes behind-the-scenes views and the members of the television crew become just additional actors in the film. The carefully arranged scene becomes an absurdly active image with advertising overtones.

Written by

Nadia Mounier, Marouan Omara

Directed by

Nadia Mounier, Marouan Omara

Production Countries

Egypt

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
15
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA