For a simple film watcher it is not so easy to get access to quality films from Arabic speaking countries. If there is a chance to see one, it is equally frustrating to get access to more information about instructor or the respective film. Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim was - as it seems - screened at different film festivals, which is a pity. This is a very fine film, almost a fantasy comedy.
The film starts with Ali bringing a gift to his fiancée Nada, a large pink teddy bear. They are stopped by the police who assumes that they drugs and the stab the cute teddy bear. At home Ali calls fro Nada. Ali's mother is watching a soap on TV and makes snappy remarks about Nada. We understand her when we learn that Nada actually is a - goat. The other outsider is Ibrahim, a musician who hears awful shrieking noises, that take awa the lust for life from him. - Both get advice to throw three stones into the "three bodies of water" in Egypt.
Ali and Ibrahim start on a journey that will change their life forever. They are for better and worse dependent on each other and end up to become friends.
In this film reality and imagination are intertwined. The fantastic and the realistic are thus not on separate levels, but the fantastic is a necessary part of the ordinary life.At times we might even doubt if something is strange but real or unreal but still integrated in reality.
This is an amusing film that is solidary with its characters. As beginner to films from Arabic speaking countries I was very surprised to see such a nice film with likeable characters and warm humour.
8/10
The film starts with Ali bringing a gift to his fiancée Nada, a large pink teddy bear. They are stopped by the police who assumes that they drugs and the stab the cute teddy bear. At home Ali calls fro Nada. Ali's mother is watching a soap on TV and makes snappy remarks about Nada. We understand her when we learn that Nada actually is a - goat. The other outsider is Ibrahim, a musician who hears awful shrieking noises, that take awa the lust for life from him. - Both get advice to throw three stones into the "three bodies of water" in Egypt.
Ali and Ibrahim start on a journey that will change their life forever. They are for better and worse dependent on each other and end up to become friends.
In this film reality and imagination are intertwined. The fantastic and the realistic are thus not on separate levels, but the fantastic is a necessary part of the ordinary life.At times we might even doubt if something is strange but real or unreal but still integrated in reality.
This is an amusing film that is solidary with its characters. As beginner to films from Arabic speaking countries I was very surprised to see such a nice film with likeable characters and warm humour.
8/10
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