Tunisian star Dhafer El Abidine celebrated the launch of his film “To My Son” in Dubai last night, amid a large media presence. The film is the star’s second directorial experience.
The film’s events revolve around the character “Faisal”, played by Dhafer, a British citizen of Saudi origin, who lives in London with his seven-year-old son, “Adam”. Several years after the death of his wife, “Angela,” during a murder, “Faisal” decides to leave his job and his life in the United Kingdom, and return with his son to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which he left about 12 years ago, when he left his city, Abha, and his two sisters: “Nora.” Shahad, his younger brother Fares, and his father Ibrahim.
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Dhafer Al-Abidin reveals to “Zahrat Al-Khaleej” the details of the movie “To My Son”
During the opening of his film “To My Son” in Dubai, “Zahrat Al Khaleej” met the star Dhafer El Abidine. To talk about the details of the film, in which a hero and a director participate, stressing that it is a humanitarian and social film, and a purely Saudi one.
Regarding his proficiency in the Saudi dialect, Al-Abidin told Zahrat Al-Khaleej that he resided in the city of Abha for some time. To learn the Saudi dialect.
The first scene begins with the Tunisian star celebrating her birthday with his wife, the British star Emilia Fox, in one of the upscale restaurants in London. As they walk back to their car, they encounter a beggar. He pursues his wife and harasses her asking for money. The matter develops into a verbal altercation and fistfights, and the beggar stabs her. He runs away, in Dhafer’s dismay at the severity of what happened, and the events of the film escalate later.
The film stars Saudi artists: Ibrahim Al-Hasawi, Samar Shisha, Ida Al-Qasi, Khairiya Nazmi, and Sarah Al-Yafei, in addition to Jordanian actor Adam Abu Sakha and British actress Emilia Fox. It will be available in theaters starting February 1, in theaters in the Emirates and Saudi Arabia. And the rest of the Arab countries.
