Clash (2016)

Original title

إشتباك

Directed by

Mohamed Diab

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Egypt

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

14

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the political upheaval of June 2013 in Egypt, a police van fills with prisoners from opposing sides: Muslim Brotherhood members and pro-army supporters, plus some neutral people. The film takes place entirely inside the van, where the characters clash and struggle as their situation grows more volatile.

tenseclaustrophobicurgentrawvisceralpolitically chargedintenseuncomfortable

What happens

Clash (Arabic: اشتباك) is a 2016 internationally co-produced Arabic-language drama film written and directed by Mohamed Diab. It was officially selected by the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and was the opening film of the Festival's Un Certain Regard section that year. It was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. It won the award for Best Film at the 2016 International Film Festival of Kerala. Set just after the political events of June 2013, the film is shot entirely in the confines of a police van containing Muslim Brotherhood members and pro-army supporters, as well as other people belonging to neither of these factions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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