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8.7/10   43 votes
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Writer:
Abbas Fahdel (written by)
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Release Date:
27 May 2009 (France) more
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Awards:
2 wins more
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An aquatic poem that leaves a lasting impression in the mind more (5 total)

Cast

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Karim Saleh ... Riad
Hafsia Herzi ... Zahra
Hiam Abbass ... Mastour's mother
Sayed Ragab ... Hadji Noh
Waleed Abou El Magd ... Mastour
Mahmoud Nagui ... Zingi
Mohamed Ali Keshta ... Abou Ali
Nabil El Deeb ... Cheik Jassim
Soheil Abdel Wahab ... Iraqi officer
Mostafa Wagih ... Hussein
Injy Ashour ... Zingi's wife
Mina Soheil ... Zahra - child
Amr Ossama ... Mastour - child
Abou Baker Nounou ... American soldier
Reem Rafaa ... Oum Zoheir
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dawn of the World (International: English title)
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Runtime:
95 min | France:96 min
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Color:
Color | Color (original 35 mm prints)
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1.85 : 1 more
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References Apocalypse Now (1979) more
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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
An aquatic poem that leaves a lasting impression in the mind, 24 October 2009
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Author: stalkerjo from Lebanon

Dostoivski had predicted: "Beauty will save the world !" Writer-director Abbas Fahdel must share the same hope. His "Dawn of the World" is full of beauty… beauty that stands next to horror. Quite original, the film evolves in a special temporality (made of long shots that give the film its particular rhythm) and in a redesigned space stretched between two extremes: that of the infinitely large (the desert, the swamps) and that of the infinitely small (the houses of reeds). Fadhel films the natural environment in the manner of Tarkovsky, plays on the contrast between land and water, between city and nature, and guide us to the heart of a devastated "Zone", formerly known as the ancient biblical Garden of Eden. Unforgettable !

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