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SAWAH

An Egyptian DJ bound for a career-defining gig in Brussels, lands in Luxembourg by mistake, loses his passport, and navigates a surreal mix of characters and events when mistaken for a refugee.

Synopsis

Skaarab, a DJ from Cairo, is invited to play in Brussels; the gig of a lifetime. Just as a popular uprising breaks out in Egypt, he jumps on a plane and lands in a country he's never heard before: the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. It all goes awry when he loses his passport and is mistaken for a refugee, forcing him to navigate an absurd tangle of eccentric characters and events.

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Directed by
Screenplay
Co-Written by
Produced by
Co-Produced by
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Cast

Adolf El Assal

Adolf El Assal

Dennis Foon

Adolf El Assal (Wady Films), Alexandra Hoesdorff & Désirée Nosbusch (Deal Productions)

Robin Kerremans & Dimitri Verbeeck (Caviar), Mohamed Hefzy (Film Clinic)
Supported by Film Fund Luxembourg

Film Fund Luxembourg

Karim Kassem, Eric Kabongo, Jean-Luc Couchard

Type

Feature

Genre
Status
Year
Countries
Language
Length

Comedy

Completed

2019

Luxembourg, Belgium, Egypt

English, French, Luxembourgish, Arabic

85'

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