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Dreams of the City
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Dreams of the City

Jan 2, 1984
2h 0m
★ 7.0

Overview

Dib moves with his younger brother and their mother from his home town of Quneitra to Damascus after the death of his father. The children’s grandfather, who was known for his tyranny, reluctantly agrees to shelter the grieving family, and tries to force his daughter to marry again. The magic of the city of Damascus takes over the conscience. Dib, whose main concern has become discovering all the secrets of this city, is driven by his heart full of dreams, but he sees nothing in his life except humiliation and cruelty. The fragrance of childhood dies in Dib's heart, as he grows up in light of the political fluctuations that prevailed in the fifties (the end of the military dictatorship in Syria at that time, the nationalization of the Suez Canal, Nasser’s rise to power in Cairo, and Egyptian-Syrian unity in 1958), so that his rosy childhood dreams were shattered on the rocks of cruelty and violence. The city's dreams turn into a nightmare..

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

المؤسسة العامة للسينما

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Cast

Rafiq Subaie

Rafiq Subaie

Yasmine Khlat

Yasmine Khlat

Bassel Abiad

Bassel Abiad

Talhat Hamdy

Talhat Hamdy

Naji Jabr

Naji Jabr

Ayman Zeidan

Ayman Zeidan

Rajaa Qutarsh

Rajaa Qutarsh

Hassan Dakkak

Hassan Dakkak

Hicham Khchefati

Hicham Khchefati