Adventure · Thriller
Theeb
Set in the Arabian Desert of 1916, the film follows Theeb, a young Bedouin boy, and his brother Hussein as they leave the safety of their tribe to venture on a treacherous journey at the dawn of the Great Revolt. If Theeb is to survive he must quickly learn about adulthood, trust and betrayal.
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Top Cast
Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat
Theeb
Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh
The Stranger
Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen
Hussein
Marji Audeh
Jack Fox
Edward
Directed by
Naji Abu Nowar
Production
Bayt Al Shawareb
DFIReviews
Reno
8/101/24/2016
> About a young boy from the wild middle-east. Right away seeing this film I was confident that it definitely would get nominated for the Oscars. Yesterday (14-01-2016) AMPAS announced the list and I got confirmed that. Born and raised away from their motherland, after learning filmmaking in the west they returned to the root to make films about the native culture and history. One such example was the recent Ethiopian film 'Difret' that brought on screen the gruesome culture still practiced and now this. These films are the hidden gems, something we won't get regularly in Japanese, English, German, Russian, et cetera films, due to variation in culture, history and geographical diversity. This film is set in the year 1916, exactly a hundred years ago from now. But due to take place
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