You Will Die at Twenty (Sudan, 2019)
Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, it is a visually sumptuous coming-of-death fable. During her son's naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina's child will die at the age of twenty. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina's ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas, and challenges that make him question his destiny.
ونر ف ث لن ف ث فتر اورد فر بست دبت فتر ة ث ڤن فلم فستڤل، ات اس ا ڤسلي سمپتس منگفدث فبل. درنگ هر سن'س نمنگ رمني، ا شخ پردتس ثة سكن'س چلد ول د ة ث اگ ف تونتي. هنتد بي ثس پرپهي، سكن بمس ڤرلي پرتتڤ ف هر سن مزمل، وه گروس اپ كنونگ ابت هس فت. اس مزمل سپس سكن'س ڤروتچفل ي، ه ننترس فرندس، ادس، اند چلنگس ثة مك هم قستن هس دستني.
(Arabic dialogue; English subtitles.)
(102 minutes)
Further Resources:
- Conversation with the DirectorFor Your Consideration (Jan 22 - Feb 11, 2021) presents a conversation with 'You Will Die at Twenty' Writer-director Amjad Abu Alala, and Smith Rafael Film Center Director of Programming, Richard Peterson.
- You Will Die at Twenty dir. by Amjad Abu Alala (review)by Deborah Starr. African Studies Review, Cambridge University Press. Volume 64, Number 2, June 2021, pp. E63-E65
