Sharaf, an Egyptian in his twenties, is idle in a shopping street in downtown Cairo. In front of a movie theater, a stranger offers him a seat and invites him, after the movie, to continue the evening at his place. Charaf accepts but, when his host makes advances, he hits him with a bottle of whiskey and accidentally kills him. Sentenced to a long prison term, he meets several remarkable characters in prison: a Coptic pharmacist framed for his probity, a hermetic warden, corrupt guards, zealous fanatics, a luminary, innocents too poor to be honest, and a few inveterate thugs.
starring / avec
Ahmed AL MUNIRAWI, Fadi ABI SAMRA, Khaled HOUISSA
a film by / un film de
Samir NASR
Germany / France / Tunisia, 2021, Feature Narrative, 1h35, Drama
SHARAF - Trailer (Arabic OV with EN Subtitles) from Wady Media on Vimeo.
Original Title (Arabic) / Titre Original (en arabe) : SHARAF - شرف
International Title / Titre International (English / Anglais) : SHARAF
French Title / Titre français : SHARAF
Type / Type : Feature Narrative / Long métrage Fiction
Genres / Genres : Drama
Language / Langue de tournage : Arabic / Arabe
Available subtitled versions / Sous-titres disponibles : French, English / Français, Anglais
Year of production / Année de production : 2016-2021
Year of Release / Année de Sortie (Première) : 2021
Runtime / Durée : 95' (1h35 mins)
Film Colors / Couleurs : Color / Couleur
Country of Production / Pays de Production : Germany, France, Tunisia / Allemagne, France, Tunisie
Country of Filming / Pays de tournage : Tunisie
Budget / Budget :
Shooting Format / Format de tournage : HD3K
Screening format / Format de projection : DCP - 4K
Son / sound : 5.1
Aspect ratio / Format d'image : 1:2,39 scope (2048x858)
Screening speed / Vitesse de projection : 24fps
Other broadcasting format / Autres formats de diffusion disponibles :
- H264 / PRORES 422 - 24 fps - 5,1 & stereo
- H264 / PRORES 422 - 25 fps- 5.1 & stereo
ISAN : 0000-0005-585A-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
Tags: Prison, Meurtre, Murder, Violence
CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS
Ahmed AL MUNIRAWI................................................... Sharaf
Fadi ABI SAMRA........................................................... DR. Ramzy Yacoub
Khaled HOUISSA........................................................... Officer Edko
Ridha BOUKADIDA........................................................... The Mahdi
Tawfik BAHRI........................................................... Uncle Fawzi
Mohamed DANECH........................................................... Reda Bond
Jihed CHERNI........................................................... Salsa
Salha NASRAWI........................................................... Sharaf's mother
Jala HESHAM........................................................... Hoda
Samer EYOUNELSOUD........................................................... The Warden
Magdy ATWAN........................................................... The Ambassador
Mohamed FATHI........................................................... Batsha
Saad MAHFOUZ........................................................... Maccaroni
Salah EL ANZAL........................................................... Sabri
Sameh MASSOUDI........................................................... Megahed
Ibrahim SALAH........................................................... Salem
NOTE BY THE PRODUCER (Les Contes Modernes, France)
Sharaf, based on the novel by Sonallah Ibrahim, is the story of a modern Candide in a dystopian Arab world. Sharaf kills a man in self-defense and is thrown into a prison that reflects the microcosm of the complex situation of Arab societies living under dictatorship and poverty and dependent on an unjust global economic system.
Executive Producers / Producteurs délégués :
Silvana SANTAMARIA
Simon OFENLOCH
Associate co-producers / Co-producteurs associés :
Günter MORITZ & Monika AGLER
Bilal ATHIMNI
Patrice NEZAN & Laurent VERSINI
Samir NASR
DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Samir NASR
Screenplay / Scénario :
Sonallah IBRAHIM
Samir NASR
d'après le roman
Sonallah IBRAHIM
Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
Darja PILZ
Sound Recordist (Sound engineer recordist) / Ingénieur du son (Chef opérateur du son) :
Skander BOUKER
Composer (Original score by) / Compositeur (Musique originale de) :
Oli BIEHLER
Editing / Montage :
Hansjörg WEIßBRICH
Sound designer / Monteur son :
Marc FRAGSTEIN
Production design / Décors :
Khalil KHOUDJA
Costumes design / Costumes :
Yosra MZOUGHI
Line Producer / Productrice exécutive :
Production Manager / Directeur de production :
Bilal ATHIMNI
Boom operator / Perchiste :
Dhiaa Edine ELMADANI
PRODUCTION
SOILFILMS (Germany),
TEAMWERK. DIE FILMPRODUKTION (Germany),
LES CONTES MODERNES (France),
ZONE ART FILM (Tunisia),
NEUE MEDIOPOLIS FILMPRODUKTION (Germany)
WITH THE SUPPORT OF / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE
ARTE/ZDF (France),
SANAD The Development and Post-Production Fund of twofour54 Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates),
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg (Germany),
MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg (Germany),
Fonds Image de la Francophonie (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, France)
SALES / VENTES
DISTRIBUTION / DISTRIBUTION
Germany & Austria: Barnsteiner Films
Co-production markets / Participation aux marchés de co-production :
DUBAI Film Market - Film Connection (UAE)
VENICE - Gap Financing (Italy)
MALMÖ - Market Forum (Sweden)
FESTIVALS
* Tanit de Bronze /// 33è Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC 2022), TUNISIE | www.jcctunisie.org/filmsDetail.php?id_film=12
* World Premiere / Première Mondiale | Competition / Compétition /// 2021 Red Sea International Film Festival (1ère édition Festival international du film de la mer Rouge) | Djeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2021
Our Sources / Nos Sources :
- www.lescontesmodernes.fr/charaf-sharaf/
- www.imagesfrancophones.org/catalogue/charaf-projet-en-cours-18497