Red Heart
Love across borders
A film by Halkawt Mustafa
Norway/Iraq – 2011 – 78min
Original language: Arabic
Cast: Shahen Jamal, Soran Ibrahim, Ali Ahmed
Shirin and Soran, two teenagers, are secretly sweethearts. When Shirin’s mother dies, her father seeks to find a new wife. His chosen one has one demand for this marriage: Shirin has to marry her son. To be together, Soran and Shirin have no other choice but to escape. Shirin must manage the city life alone when Soran is sent off to prison – not without risk, in a land where a young woman without a father or a husband by her side is virtually considered to be cold prey…
Festivals:
Montréal World Cinema Film Festival, Canada 2011
Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania 2011– EoF partner
Antalya International Film Festival, Turkey 2011
Doha International Film Festival, Qatar 2011 – Official competition
Seville European Film Festival, Spain 2011– EoF partner
Distribution:
Norway: Europa Film (29 April 2011)
France: Kanibal Films (tbc) – EoF partner
France: Iftélévision (tv cable & satellite) – EoF partner
Producer: Filmhuset AS
Egil ØDEGARD
Sales: Wide Management
Loïc MAGNERON
lm@widemanagement.com
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For professional use only: access the Film Gallery and download the film flyer, film stills, director’s headshot, original dialogue list, english subtitles list…
http://eyeonfilms.org/redheart-gallery/