You Will Die at Twenty
In a Sudanese village, the religious leader augurs to the mother of a newborn that her son will die at the age of 20. The boy grows up in a world of pious devotion to fate that makes him believe in his early death and prevents him from experiencing what life means and can mean.
Amjad Abu Alala’s subtle film shows how religious delusion can rob a person of their vitality.
Genre
Sudan Focus
Movie length
Feature-length
Movie type
Fiction
Countries
Sudan / France / Egypt / Germany / Norway / Qatar
Language
Arabic
Subtitles: German / French
Year
2019
Show Times
Wed, 02.04.2025 – 21:00, Frame 3, Arab/d/f
Running Time
103'
Director
Amjad Abu Alala
Film director, screenwriter and producer Amjad Abu Alala has been promoting films and film culture in Sudan since his feature film debut You Will Die at Twenty in 2019.
Screenplay
Amjad Abu Alala
Yousef Yousef
Yousef Yousef
Cinematography
Sébastien Goepfert
Music
Amine Bouhafa
Editor
Heba Othman
Cast
Mustafa Shehata
Islam Mubarak
Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj
Bonna Khalid
Talal Afifi
Amal Mustafa
Islam Mubarak
Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj
Bonna Khalid
Talal Afifi
Amal Mustafa