Theeb / Film Movement presents a Bayt al Shawareb production, in association with Noor Pictures ; executive producer, Nadine Toukan ; produced by Bassel Ghandour, Rupert Lloyd ; secreenplay by Naji Abu Nowar, Bassel Ghandour ; directed by Naji Abu Nowar.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Enhanced for widescreen TV (16x9). Bonus short film: Waves '98 (15 min.) / dir. Ely Dagher. Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Jack Fox, and Marji Audeh.
Summary:
1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers' quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently deceased father, Hussein agrees to lead them on the long and treacherous journey.
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