Adham Youssef - The Film Verdict

There Was Nothing Here Before

Posted by Adham Youssef | Oct 31, 2024 | Leipzig 2024, Festivals |

Yvann Yagchi’s documentary ‘There Was Nothing Here Before’ is as an angry yet tender letter to a lost friend, amid a brave quest to discover the filmmaker’s family history in the occupied territories.

Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

Posted by Adham Youssef | Sep 5, 2024 | Festivals, Venice 2024 |

In this love/hate letter to Cairo, Khalid Mansour’s sensitive debut feature ‘Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo’ pays tribute to a generation of young Egyptians shackled by economic and societal frustrations.

Agora

Posted by Adham Youssef | Aug 14, 2024 | Festivals, Locarno 2024 |

In a quasi-political thriller, Ala Eddine Slim translates a nightmare of two sleeping animals into a mysterious multilayered investigative story referring to a morally and environmentally corrupt Tunisian village.

Red Path

Posted by Adham Youssef | Aug 9, 2024 | Festivals, Locarno 2024 |

Lotfi Achour’s engrossing psychodrama ‘Red Path’ (‘Les enfants rouges’) is a powerful investigation into the traumatized mind of a young shepherd who witnessed the beheading of his cousin by an extremist group.

Cabo Negro

Posted by Adham Youssef | Jul 5, 2024 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary 2024 |

In writer-director Abdellah Taïa’s ode to youthful rebellion ‘Cabo Negro’, two heartbroken queer Moroccans take refuge in a luxury villa to confront old traumas and share solidarity.

Author: Adham Youssef

There Was Nothing Here Before

Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

Agora

Red Path

Cabo Negro