Mediterranean Fever (film)
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{{short description|Black comedy drama film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mediterranean Fever
| image = Mediterranean Fever (film) poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cannes release poster
| writer = Maha Haj
| starring = {{plainlist|
- {{ill|Amer Hlehel|ar|عامر حليحل}}
- Ashraf Farah
- {{ill|Anat Hadid|he|ענת חדיד}}
- Samir Elias
- Cynthia Saleem
}}
| music = Munder Odeh
| cinematography = {{ill|Antoine Héberlé|fr}}
| editing = {{ill|Véronique Lange|de}}
| studio = Majdal Films
Pallas Film
Still Moving
Amp Filmworks
| director = Maha Haj
| producer = Baher Agbariya
{{ill|Thanassis Karathanos|el|Θανάσης Καραθάνος}}
Martin Hampel
Juliette Lepoutre
Pierre Menahem
Marios Piperides
Janine Teerling
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2022|05|25|Cannes Film Festival|df=yes}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = Germany
France
Cyprus
Palestine
Qatar
| language = Arabic
Hebrew
English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Mediterranean Fever ({{Langx|ar|حمى البحر المتوسط|ḥummā al-Baḥr al-Mutawassiṭ}}) is a 2022 internationally co-produced black comedy-drama film directed by Maha Haj, starring {{ill|Amer Hlehel|ar|عامر حليحل}}, Ashraf Farah, {{ill|Anat Hadid|he|ענת חדיד}}, Samir Elias and Cynthia Saleem.
Cast
- {{ill|Amer Hlehel|ar|عامر حليحل}} as Waleed
- Ashraf Farah as Jalal
- {{ill|Anat Hadid|he|ענת חדיד}} as Ola
- Samir Elias
- Cynthia Saleem
- Shaden Kanboura
Release
The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival on 25 May 2022, where it won the best screenplay award.
Reception
Kaleem Aftab of Cineuropa called it a "refreshing look at the region's political turmoil with a lovely friendship at its heart."{{cite web |url= https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/425666|title= Review: Mediterranean Fever|last= Aftab|first= Kaleem|date= 25 May 2022|website= Cineuropa|publisher= |access-date= 9 October 2022|quote=}}
Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Haj "builds the story up with small jenga blocks of humor and well-observed vignettes, so soft and gentle that it’s barely noticeable when the tower starts to teeter with dread as the stakes get higher and the threat of violence more distinct."{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/mediterranean-fever-cannes-2022-1235156360/|title= 'Mediterranean Fever': Film Review {{!}} Cannes 2022|last= Felperin|first= Leslie|date= 31 May 2022|website= The Hollywood Reporter|publisher= |access-date= 9 October 2022|quote=}}
Tim Grierson of Screen Daily wrote that the "slim" tale is "elevated" by the performances of Hlehel and Farah, "ably portraying men each dealing with secret struggles they can’t always articulate."{{cite web |url= https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/mediterranean-fever-cannes-review/5171195.article|title= 'Mediterranean Fever': Cannes Review|last= Grierson|first= Tim|date= 26 May 2022|website= Screen Daily|publisher= |access-date= 9 October 2022|quote=}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|19785426|Mediterranean Fever}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|mediterranean_fever|Mediterranean Fever}}
{{Palestinian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film}}
Category:2022 black comedy films
Category:2022 comedy-drama films
Category:French black comedy films
Category:German black comedy films
Category:French comedy-drama films