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Al Hmar (The Donkey)
Al Hmar (The Donkey) is a short film loosely based on the 10th-century folktale: The Simpleton and the Sharper, from A Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
Shot in Arabic with English subtitles. Set in Ancient Phoenicia, the film tells the story of Abdeshmun following his haggard donkey, Hano, being stolen by a con-artist and suddenly transforms into a man on his return, which he is made to believe by the trickster. Thinking he has sinned because he had been treating a man as his work-donkey for all these years, Abdeshmun, fearing the wrath of the Gods, turns to the village priest for salvation. As the film unfolds we see how from one man, a whole village of people being convinced about this supposedly super natural event, and what catastrophes can come from acting on a false story and the importance of attention and observation.
Filmed in Lebanon, which is also the hometown of director, Tariq Keblaoui, and writer, Ayman Makarem. It’s a film that plays with themes of deception, superstition, and naivety, and it explores these themes by showing the perspective just beyond Abdeshmun’s peripheral vision, where only the audience can see the truth behind the con.
Fonic provided full audio post production.
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Al Hmar (The Donkey) is a short film loosely based on the 10th-century folktale: The Simpleton and the Sharper, from A Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
Shot in Arabic with English subtitles. Set in Ancient Phoenicia, the film tells the story of Abdeshmun following his haggard donkey, Hano, being stolen by a con-artist and suddenly transforms into a man on his return, which he is made to believe by the trickster. Thinking he has sinned because he had been treating a man as his work-donkey for all these years, Abdeshmun, fearing the wrath of the Gods, turns to the village priest for salvation. As the film unfolds we see how from one man, a whole village of people being convinced about this supposedly super natural event, and what catastrophes can come from acting on a false story and the importance of attention and observation.
Filmed in Lebanon, which is also the hometown of director, Tariq Keblaoui, and writer, Ayman Makarem. It’s a film that plays with themes of deception, superstition, and naivety, and it explores these themes by showing the perspective just beyond Abdeshmun’s peripheral vision, where only the audience can see the truth behind the con.
Fonic provided full audio post production.
