RUSSIA

Shot on a single roll of Super 8mm film, with no editing or retakes, RUSSIA follows a poor young man from the Egyptian countryside as he confronts a haunting memory of his past and the lingering weight of his actions. Inspired by Emad Abu Saleh’s poem “Killer.”

Cast

Aziz Al Gazzar

as Russia

Mohamed Ali Ahmed

as The Young Man

Reem Tarek

as The Young Woman

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