A New Day in Old Sana'a
A young photographer, Tariq, must choose between his love and his duty of this aristocratic family. He can either run away with his lover, an orphan from the lower class, or go through with his arranged marriage to the daughter of a judge.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- United Kingdom, Yemen
Details
Release year: 2005
Storyline
A young photographer, Tariq, must choose between his love and his duty of this aristocratic family. He can either run away with his lover, an orphan from the lower class, or go through with his arranged marriage to the daughter of a judge.
Top credits
- Nabil Saber — Tariq
- Dania Hammoud — Ines
- Paolo Romano — Federico
- Sahar Alasbahi — Amal
Did you know
• One of the actors, an Austrian, had to be replaced because he was stabbed when an Iraqi attacked several Europeans just weeks before production began.
• Casting the lead actress proved very difficult as most Yemeni women worried that appearing in a film would hurt their prospects of marriage. A Lebanese actress was cast.
• On the first day of shooting in Feb. 2004, a group of Islamic extremists stormed the set and stopped production. Soldiers had to guard the set after this incident.
See all trivia →Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $737
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $401 (2006-11-12)
User reviews
Yemen's first and last film
Beautiful cinematography, terrible movie
Beautiful film - the start of many to come from Yemen
Technical specs
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
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