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Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.
Original Release
08/31/2019
US Release
01/22/2021
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mustafa Shehata | Muzamil |
Islam Mubarak | Sakina |
Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj | Sulaiman |
Bonna Khalid | Naima |
Talal Afifi | Alnoor |
Amal Mustafa | Set Alnesea |
Nahid Hassan | Ehsan |
Rabeha Mahmoud | Aunt Nafisa |
Abdulrahman Alshibly | Eissa Fagiri |
Moatasem Rashed | Muzamil kid |
Directors
Writers
Amjad Abu Alala, Yousef Ibrahim
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mustafa Shehata | Muzamil |
Islam Mubarak | Sakina |
Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj | Sulaiman |
Bonna Khalid | Naima |
Talal Afifi | Alnoor |
Amal Mustafa | Set Alnesea |
Nahid Hassan | Ehsan |
Rabeha Mahmoud | Aunt Nafisa |
Abdulrahman Alshibly | Eissa Fagiri |
Moatasem Rashed | Muzamil kid |
Adil Kebida | Imam Abdelgader |
Mohammed Ahmad Alshaer | Shaikh Alkhalifah |
Ahmed Alkarib | Alkhalifah's son |
Mohamed Hussain Khalil | Altayeb |
Khalid Abu Ashra | Darvish |
Layla Salim | Old woman |
Abeer Hamza Alnaw | Young woman |
Salma Madani | Zar Leader |
Mazin Ahmed | Jaiballah |
Hassan Ali | Jaiballah kid |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hossam Elouan | Executive Producer |
Arnaud Dommerc | Producer |
Sherif Fathy | Producer |
Mohamed Hefzy | Producer |
Michael Henrichs | Producer |
Ingrid Lill Høgtun | Producer |
Marie Fuglestein Lægreid | Producer |
Olivier Rignault | Producer |
Linda Bolstad Strønen | Producer |
Hossam Elouan | Producer |
Lori Golden-Stryer | Producer |