The Virgin, the Copts and Me

Namir is Egyptian, a Copt, and now lives in France.{{cite web |title=The Virgin, the Copts and Me |url=http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/virgin__the_copts_and_me-film41673.html#.T2sAodVKF00 |url-status=dead |publisher=Tribecafilm.com |accessdate=22 March 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809140417/http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/virgin__the_copts_and_me-film41673.html#.T2sAodVKF00 |archivedate=9 August 2012}}[http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/eng/index.php?pag=vis_film&id_film=830 Festival Cinema Africano][http://www.eidf.org/2012/en/sub_03/Program_View.php?S_Code=131&page_idx=02&P_Code=150 EBS International Documentary Festival][https://archive.today/20121128192432/http://sff.org.au/public/films/program/films-a-z/the-virgin,-the-copts-and-me/ Sydney Film Festival][http://www.krakowfilmfestival.pl/en/films/in_competition/3029/the_virgin__the_copts_and_me Kraków Film Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104523/http://www.krakowfilmfestival.pl/en/films/in_competition/3029/the_virgin__the_copts_and_me|date=2014-10-06}}[http://events.sfgate.com/san_francisco_ca/events/show/279959947-the-virgin-the-copts-and-me The San Francisco Chronicle]Gerard Raymond, [https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2012/04/tribeca-film-festival-2012-the-virgin-the-copts-and-me/ Tribeca Film Festival 2012: The Virgin, the Copts and Me], Slant Magazine, April 25th, 2012 When there is a family reunion, he buys an old video cassette recorded many years earlier at a religious holiday in his home village, when his mother said she had had a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Namir realizes he has in his hands a very interesting subject for a documentary: he convinces his producer that it is a good idea and sets off on a journey that takes him back to his origins and puts his profession as a director to the test. However, he has not reckoned with his mother, the real protagonist of the story.[http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/eng/index.php?pag=vis_film&id_film=830 African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival - Milan] - 22nd edition ([http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org license CC BY-SA]) Eventually, in her hometown, they recreate an apparition with the help of the other villagers.

• Shown at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, the Festival Cinema Africano, the 2012 EBS International Documentary Festival, the 2012 Kraków Film Festival and at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It will be shown at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival.E. Nina Rothe, [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/e-nina-rothe/the-virgin-the-copts-and-me_b_1459470.html DFI Presents Groundbreaking: The Virgin, the Copts and Me at Tribeca], Huffington Post, 04/27/2012
• Variety drew a parallel between the Coptic minority in Egypt and the Egyptian minority in France, and they commended the editing.Jay Weissberg, [https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946541/ The Virgin, the Copts and Me], Variety, Nov. 8, 2011 For Slant Magazine, the staged apparition brings the film to a "satisfying climax". The Huffington Post commended the director's decision to keep the footage filmed in 2010, prior to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. For America, the "Coptic population" is "held together by a shared sense of self-abnegation and unwavering faith" and it is "faith that remains a rallying force for the Copts on the screen" despite their "victimized status as a religious minority".Victor Stepien, [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/culture.cfm?cultureid=295 Keeping the Faith], America, October 8, 2012

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