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A Film by Naji Abu Nowar A FILM BY NAJI ABU NOWAR A BAYT AL SHAWAREB PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH NOOR PICTURES IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH IMMORTAL ENTERTAINMENT «THEEB» JACIR EID HASSAN MUTLAG HUSSEIN SALAMEH JACK FOX MARJI AUDEH MUSIC BY JERRY LANE MAKE-UP SLEIMAN TADROS COSTUME DESIGNER JAMILA ALADDIN SOUND DESIGNER DARIO SWADE EDITOR RUPERT LLOYD PRODUCTION DESIGNER ANNA LAVELLE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY WOLFGANG THALER ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS MA’AN ODEH YANAL KASSAY EID AL-SWEILHEEN CO-PRODUCERS NASSER KALAJI LAITH MAJALI EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NADINE TOUKAN PRODUCED BY BASSEL GHANDOUR RUPERT LLOYD SCREENPLAY BY NAJI ABU NOWAR BASSEL GHANDOUR DIRECTED BY NAJI ABU NOWAR THEEB Naji Abu Nowar, Jordanien/Jordanie 2014 Theeb heisst deutsch Wolf. Es ist der Name eines aufgeweckten und neu- gierigen Beduinenjungen, der seinem älteren Bruder folgt, als dieser im Jahr 1916 mit einem britischen Offizier auf eine heikle Begleiter-Mission in die Wüste geht und durch die verschlungenen Täler des Wadi Rum. Der ein- drücklich fotografierte Spielfilm feierte in Venedig seine Weltpremiere und überraschte in seiner Erzählung aus der Zeit des osmanischen Reichs. Le jeune Theeb vit avec son grand frère Hussein dans un campement de Bédouins en plein désert. Lorsque son frère sera chargé de guider un officier britannique, Theeb voudra les suivre. Ce sera le début d’une aventure qui changera le garçon à tout jamais. Tourné sur place, avec une équipe restreinte et les Bédouins comme acteurs, Theeb a tous les ingrédients d’un film d’aventure: suspens, action, émotion. Der Beduinenjunge Mitwirkende/Fiche technique Grandir dans le désert Eine allein schon in ihrer Machart erstaunliche Regie/Réalisation: Naji Abu Nowar 1916, au loin la guerre fait rage, mais les Geschichte aus dem immensen Wadi Rum Script: Naji Abu Nowar, Bassel Ghandour échos n’en atteignent pas cette partie du in der jordanischen Wüste erzählt uns Naji Schnitt/Montage: Rupert Lloyd monde. Leur père mort, Hussein a pris en Abu Nowar in seinem ersten Spielfilm. 2014 Musik/Musique: Jerry Lane charge l’éducation de son petit frère à qui il erinnerte man überall an den Ausbruch des Kamera/Image: Wolfgang Thaler apprend à survivre dans cette contrée ingrate. Ersten Weltkriegs 100 Jahren zuvor. In Produktion: Bassel Ghandour, Rupert Lloyd Une nuit, surgissent un officier britannique unseren Breitengraden lag der Fokus im Sprache/Langue: Arabisch/arabe/d/f et son guide bédouin. Ils sont à la recherche Erinnern in der Regel auf Europa, aber Afrika, Dauer/Durée: 100 Minuten/minutes d’un vieux puits abandonné. Hussein est Ostasien und der Nahe Osten waren genauso Format: Scope, 1 : 2.35 désigné par les anciens pour les mener à betroffen, und wenn man die Gegenwart destination. Theeb est fasciné par cet homme heute betrachtet, erkennt man, dass viel von Darstellende/Fiche artistique blond en uniforme et décide de les suivre. dem, was die Welt beschäftigt, damals Jacir Eid (Theeb), Hassan Mutlag (Fremder, Repéré la première nuit, il intègrera la petite angelegt worden war. l’étranger), Hussein Salameh (Hussein), troupe car le Britannique et le Bédouin Jack Fox (Edward), Marji Audeh (Marji) refusent que Hussein le ramène au campement Theeb ist im Jahr 1916 im Nahen Osten pour ne pas perdre de temps. Les craintes angesiedelt, das heisst: mitten in der Zeit des Festivals de Hussein se révèlent pourtant fondées, ces Krieges und doch irgendwie weit weg vom Venezia: Orizzonti Award for Best Director contrées désertiques sont des repères de Geschehen, das in die Geschichtsbücher Cairo: Jury Prize Best Cinematography brigands que le petit groupe ne va pas tarder einging. Theeb ist aber kein Historienfilm, Camerimage: Best Directorial Debut à rencontrer. Et ce sera une lutte sans merci es ist eine kleine Geschichte inmitten der dont Theeb sera le seul à sortir indemne. grossen Historie. Der Junge mit dem Namen «Ein klassischer Abenteuerfilm der Theeb (thiib ausgesprochen, bedeutet Wolf) allerbesten Art, der die erstaunlichsten Theeb le film a été tourné dans les décors ist aufgeweckt und bewundert seinen Bruder Schauplätze bieten kann in einer gut du Wadi Rum, sauvages et majestueux, situés Hussein, der einiges älter ist und schiessen erzählten Geschichte über einen au sud de la Jordanie. Les mêmes espaces kann. Abends, wenn die Beduinen sich unter Beduinenbuben.» Variety où a été filmé le mythique Lawrence d’Arabie dem Zeltdach zusammenfinden, plaudern und de David Lean. L’histoire se déroule d’ailleurs spielen, schaut Theeb zu, beobachtet, nimmt «Das Beste aus Venedig: Theeb erobert à la même époque de la première guerre wahr. Als etwa ein Fremder zu Gast ist und die Welt in einem (Sand)Sturm, ein mondiale, période qui a vu les révoltes des verköstigt wird, ist Theeb es, der ihn in Juwel, das den Orizzonti Award für die Bédouins contre un empire ottoman déliques- Verlegenheit bringt, weil er ihn dabei ertappt, beste Regie verdient hat. Für eine Nacht cent. L’entrelacs de gorges sablonneuses et wie er eine Speise hinter dem Rücken weg- gehörte Venedig den Beduinen. Es lebe reliefs impressionnants s’y impose comme werfen will. Der Fremde ist ein Engländer, das ihre filmische Power!» Huffington Post un personnage orgueilleux qui ne pardonne ist für Theeb ohne Bedeutung, für die Region pas la moindre distraction et donne au film aber schon. – Naji Abu Nowar lädt uns ein, «The theme Theeb deals with is nothing l’ampleur d’un film d’aventure à grand spec- einzutauchen in die ferne Zeit, sie aus einer less grand than survival; survival on an tacle. Face à ce décor, les combats des anderen Perspektive heraus zu betrachten individual level for the protagonist but hommes pourraient paraître comme dérisoires und einen jungen Beduinen auf einer Reise also the survival of a culture and a way s’il n’y avait Theeb, ce gamin obligé de zum Erwachsenwerden zu begleiten. Das ist of life. Nowar impressively treats both grandir très vite pour pouvoir survivre dans un eine Art Western, der im Osten entstanden themes at the same time without overtly monde où l’homme est un loup pour l’homme. ist, in der gleichen Gegend übrigens wie der drawing parallels and further amplifies Premier film du Jordanien Naji Abu Nowar, legendäre Lawrence of Arabia von David what are small-scale relationships and Theeb fascine par la simplicité de son intrigue Lean. Man könnte Theeb als den kleinen actions by letting the story play out et la maîtrise de l’action dramatique dont il Bruder des grandiosen Epos bezeichnen. against one of the world’s most majestic fait preuve. Eine echte Entdeckung. Walter Ruggle backdrops.» The Hollywood Reporter Martial Knaebel trigon-film trigon-film – die andere Kinodimension Limmatauweg 9 Filme, DVDs, Online-Kino, Publikationen 5408 Ennetbaden aus Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika 056 430 12 30 [email protected] L’autre dimension cinématographique www.trigon-film.org Films, DVD, cinéma en ligne, publications d’Afrique, d’Asie et d’Amérique latine.
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