MAKING OF  Basra [EG]
Directed by Ahmad Rashwan
Shot in Cairo and Alexandria (Egypt), on 5-6/12/2007
Making of directed by Sabine Choucair
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Ahmad Rachwan – Director, Scriptwriter, Producer
The film is called "100% Alive" (now entitled "Basra") and it evolves around a one-month timeframe. It starts on the 17th of March, right before the beginning of the American-British war on Iraq, and ends right after the fall of Baghdad... |
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Bassem Al Samra – Actor
My name is Bassem Al Samra, an actor in the cinema industry. I am playing the role of Tarek who was studying law in Paris. A couple of months before achieving his doctorate, he decided to change his career and become a photographer. He returned to Egypt for family reasons and stayed there ever since... |
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Victor Kredi – Director of Photography
I met Ahmad Rachwan by pure coincidence shortly before the start of the shooting. We did prepare the film very well but there were some parts in which improvisation was needed because of the limited time that we have spent together... |
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Wissam Arafa – Set Designer
What attracted me most of this film is that it is dealing with a random person and his views on incidents happening in another country... |
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Fatma Adel – Actress
My name is Fatma Adel, studying at the Institute of Arabic Music. I am a singer, a dancer and an actress. I'm playing the role of Hind, a Fine Arts graduate who designs puppets. She needs some pictures from the photographer (the main character, Tarek)... |
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