Director and screenwriter Mohamed Dayek says, “I have long wanted to shoot a movie that includes parts of my life. I grew up in a family of four young men. My mother is somewhat similar to the mother we see in the film, and the characters of the brothers in the film have features that are almost similar to the characters of my brothers, but apart from Drugs, and the idea for the movie was born out of the neighborhood I grew up in. I generally tend to portray my own stories and experiences.” He adds: “We were supposed to film “Hardabisht” in the southern suburbs of Beirut, but we chose Al-Awza’i in the end because the requirements for filming in it are less complicated. Even the way they interact with each other differs.
Al-Dayikh says: “The two main actors are my brother (Hussein Dayikh) and Rafik Omari (Hussein Qaouk). I do not believe in the necessity of the actor being a professional, but rather the most important thing is that the actor, whether professional or not, can perform his role well and give him his due. Quite simply.” “I could choose an actor from the street who would play the role in a more beautiful way than a professional actor. The actors are people from my surroundings, and the supporters are the professionals who filled their roles in the best way, i.e. Randa Kaadi, Gabriel Yammine, Fouad Yammine, and Alexandra Kahwaji.”
work team
Director: Mohamed Dayek
Produced by: Venice Pictures
Executive Producer: Amir Fawaz
Producer: Sabine Younes
First Assistant Director: Sandy Boutros
Director of Photography: Fatima Rasha Shehadeh
Interior designer: Taya Yassin
Clothes: Elie Massoud
Editing: Mohamed Dayek
Music: Emile Awad
Sound engineer: Kamal Kawtharani
The duration of the movie is 1 hour and 40 minutes
