The City

The City

The City

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The City

2015

1h 30m

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Drama

Overview

Danish-Arabian Yusif arrives in the mythical Middle Eastern city of Medina with his pregnant wife Sarah, and is falsely accused of killing a street boy, brutalized in prison, and stripped of everything he held dear. After escaping, he embarks on a journey through Medina’s darkest corners in a desperate bid to return to Denmark, though he may never find his way home.

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Nordisk Film Denmark

Dubai Film Market

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Sarah

Ashraf Farah

Ashraf Farah

Ghazal

Hassan Shaer

Nadera Omran

Nadera Omran

Majida Al Bashayreh

Makram J. Khoury

Makram J. Khoury

Ali Elayan

Siham Al Kurdi

Ahmed Omari

Creative team

Directed by: Omar Shargawi
Produced by: Rene Ezra

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