MEDITERRANEAN FEVER

AKDENİZ ATEŞİ

Fiction, Arabic, Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar, Cyprus, 2022, Color, 108’

Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing careerwhile suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (asmall-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpectedfriendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.

Director : Maha Haj

Producer : Baher Agbariya, Martin Hampel, Thanassis Karathanos, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling

Screenplay : Maha Haj

Dop : Antoine Héberlé

Editing : Véronique Lange

Cast : Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Anat Hadid, Samir Elias, Cynthia Saleem, Shaden Kanboura