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Moattar Binanaa

 Perfumed with Mint

Original name: Moattar Binanaa
English name: Perfumed with Mint
Year: 2024
Run time: 113 minutes
Language: Arabic
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Egypt, France, Tunisia, Qatar
Director: Muhammed Hamdy
Producer: Farès Ladjimi
Cast: Alaa El Din Hamada, Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin Eldin, Hatem Emam Moustafa
Screenplay: Muhammed Hamdy
Cinematographer: Muhammed Hamdy
Editor: Thomas Glaser
Sound Designer: Mostafa Shaaban, Antonin Dalmasso, Aymeric Dupas
Production Designer: Ammar Abo Bakr
Production Company: Supernova Films
World Sales: Reason 8

Festivals:

  • Venice FF 2024
  • Toronto IFF 2024
  • Tallinn Black Nights FF 2024

Director’s Selected Filmography:

  • 2024 Perfumed With Mint

Director's Biography:

Muhammed Hamdy

Muhammed Hamdy is a filmmaker, director of photography, and producer from Cairo. He was a cinematographer on The Square (People's Choice Award Documentary Winner, TIFF 2013), We Are the Giant (2014), and Olmo and the Seagull (2015). Perfumed with Mint is his directorial debut.

Synopsis:

A 30-year-old doctor, Alaa, encounters his old friend Mahdy, who is experiencing a bizarre condition where mint plants sprout from his body.