Yomeddine
Yomeddine () (English: Judgement Day) is a 2018 Egyptian drama film written and directed by Abu Bakr Shawky, in his directorial debut. Starring non-professional actors, it follows Beshay (Rady Gamal), an outcast shunned and condemned by the outside world due his leprosy. While searching for his father he meets the Nubian homeless boy Obama (Ahmed Abdelhafiz), together they travel through Egypt. Yomeddine means "Day of Judgement" in Arabic.
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6.9A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
Released: 2018-11-2197 minDir: Abu Bakr ShawkyAdventure, Comedy, Drama
Cast
- Rady Gamal as Beshay
- Shahira Fahmy as Nurse
- Ahmed Abdelhafiz as Obama
- Shehab Ibrahim as Rayes
- Mohamed Abd El Azim as Radwan
- Yasser El-Ayouti as Hamed
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Yomeddine () (English: Judgement Day) is a 2018 Egyptian drama film written and directed by Abu Bakr Shawky, in his directorial debut. Starring non-professional actors, it follows Beshay (Rady Gamal), an outcast shunned and condemned by the outside world due his leprosy. While searching for his father he meets the Nubian homeless boy Obama (Ahmed Abdelhafiz), together they travel through Egypt. Yomeddine means "Day of Judgement" in Arabic.
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on 9 May 2018, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the François Chalais Prize. It was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.