'Gunshot' (Trailer) · Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Media Type:

Films

Title

'Gunshot' (Trailer)

إعلان فيلم عيار ناري

Subject

Feature film

Description

This crime drama film is set during the height of clashes between security forces and protesters. A forensic doctor, suffering from alcoholism, examines a body at the morgue and is struck by something unusual. His report provokes much anger and he embarks on a search for the truth, with the help of a female journalist.

The marketing for the film stated, "Gunshot follows a mysterious murder that connects the destinies of the protagonists and changes their beliefs about the concept of truth".

The film received praise on the international film circuit but was heavily criticised by supporters of the 25 January 2011 revolution for promoting a pro-regime narrative. Although the setting for the film is reminiscent of the revolutionary protests, it contains no reference to the revolution.

Creator

Directed by Karim El Shennawy

Written by Haitham Dabbour

Source

http://youtu.be/4UfnRjd0HV8

Publisher

IProductions published via YouTube.com

Date Published

Rights

Standard YouTube License. This video represents licensed content on YouTube, meaning that the content has been claimed by a YouTube content partner.

Related Resources

https://madamasr.com/en/2018/12/04/feature/culture/an-artistically-lacking-film-at-a-morally-lacking-moment-the-problematic-rhetoric-of-gunshot/

Language

Arabic

Date Created

03/10/2018

Tags

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Citation

Directed by Karim El Shennawy and Written by Haitham Dabbour, “'Gunshot' (Trailer),” Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, accessed December 22, 2024, https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/items/show/247.

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