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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1984 - 28 July.5 August

Sections & Films

THE BALLAD OK MAMLOUK

Category: Edition 1984

Synopsis
Mamluk is a poor peasant who saved the life of the king. While the boy wants to have only a piece of land to make his family live, he is offered by the sovereign all the land that he can travel between sunrise and sunset. In spite of the fears of his mother who sees on the horizon of very bad omens, Mamluk undertakes this hallucinating race which will be at the same time for him a kind of initiatory journey during which the grand Vizier will blow him cynical and insidious advice to try to sharpen his worst feelings.

Original Title La ballade de Mamlouk
Italian Title La ballata di Mamlouk
Category Out of competition
Section Out of Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 110'
Production Year 1980
Nationality Tunisia
Directed by Abdelhafidh Bouassida
Screenplay Abdelhafidh Bouassida, Jaroslav Vokral, Kamil Pixa
Music Armando Trovajoli
Main cast Yorgo Voyagis, Miroslav Machacek, Irène Papas

face manABDELHAFIDH BOUASSIDA