Looking For Oum Kulthum Egybest
A film within a film looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artist filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on capturing the life and art of.
Looking for oum kulthum egybest. This is not a documentary about oum kulthum. A film within a film looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artist filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the arab world oum kulthum. Marketed as a film within a within looking for oum kulthum is the fictional story of an iranian director filming oum kalthoum s biopic in egypt.
Looking for oum kulthum. In fact it s not even a documentary. A film within a film looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artist filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendry female singer of the arab world oum kulthum through her difficult journey not unlike her heroine s she has to face the struggles sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the.
Looking for oum kulthum. Two years after the unveiling of her movie looking for oum kulthum within the 2017 venice mostra shirin neshat displays the artworks from the eponymous series a group of 8 photographs and 2 videos. These artworks were created apart from the film which relates the story of mitra an iranian film director living in exile who embarks on her dream project of making a film about the legendary.
The actual movie not the film a film was made by two iranian filmmakers. Directed by shirin neshat shoja azari. The fact that neshat as a non arab tackled the subject of kulthum s life and legacy has made her a.
Looking for oum kulthum shirin neshat shoja azari. F irst and foremost. The legendary egyptian singer oum kulthum whose fame is as strong as ever more than 40 years after her death.
Critics have also claimed the film contains multiple inaccuracies in regards to oum kulthum s life since neshat made the decision to illustrate a story from her own perspective. One male shoja azari and one female shirin neshat. The film looking for oum kulthum by iranian director shirin neshat takes on a topic that verges on the sacred to egyptians and to an extent to the rest of the arab world.
With neda rahmanian yasmin raeis mehdi moinzadeh kais nashif. The story of the most important female artist of the 20th century in the arab world oum kulthum versus the personal story of the iranian filmmaker shirin neshat. Through her difficult journey not unlike her heroine s she has to.
