Cinema 500 km (2006)

Original title

السينما 500 كم

Directed by

Abdullah Al-Eyaf

Genre

documentary film

Country

Saudi Arabia

Runtime

45 min

Rating

2.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Saudi man who loves movies but has no cinema in his country applies for a passport and travels 500 kilometers to Bahrain to watch a film in a theater for the first time.

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What happens

Cinema 500 km (Arabic: السينما 500 كم) is a 2006 Saudi Arabian documentary film and was directed by Abdullah Al-Eyaf. The film depicts the experiences of Tariq Al-Husaini, a 21-year-old Saudi movie fan despite no cinemas and are available only on home video in Saudi Arabia. Al-Husaini is shown applying for a passport and traveling 500 kilometers to Bahrain to see a movie in a cinema for the first time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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