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1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb ("Wolf") in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers' quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently deceased father, Hussein agrees to lead them on the long and treacherous journey. The young, mischievous Theeb secretly chases after his brother, but the group soon find themselves trapped amidst threatening terrain riddled with Ottoman mercenaries, Arab revolutionaries, and outcast Bedouin raiders. Naji Abu Nowar's powerful and assured directorial debut, set in the land of Lawrence of Arabia, is a wondrous "Bedouin Western" about a boy who, in order to survive, must become a man and live up to the name his father gave him.
Original Release
09/08/2014
US Release
03/21/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat | Theeb |
Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh | The Stranger |
Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen | Hussein |
Jack Fox | Edward |
Marji Audeh | Marji |
Hmood Ali | Sheikh |
Abdul Aziz Mousa | Suleiman |
Baha Othman | Mulazim |
Ali Omayan | Revolt Commander |
Aswad Gasem | Revolt Officer |
Directors
Writers
Naji Abu Nowar, Bassel Ghandour
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat | Theeb |
Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh | The Stranger |
Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen | Hussein |
Jack Fox | Edward |
Marji Audeh | Marji |
Hmood Ali | Sheikh |
Abdul Aziz Mousa | Suleiman |
Baha Othman | Mulazim |
Ali Omayan | Revolt Commander |
Aswad Gasem | Revolt Officer |
Ali Saleh | Revolter |
Abdullah Atawi | Revolter |
Suleiman Fraj | Revolter |
Hisham Ahmand | Revolter |
Ouday Hassan | Raider |
Marwan Mohammad | Raider |
Ali Al-Awaisheh | Ottoman Solider |
Mohammad Al-Ugaily | Ottoman Solider |
Khlali Abu Haltam | Ottoman Solider |
Yaseer Al-Braji | Ottoman Solider |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nadine Toukan | Executive Producer |
Diala Al Raie | Producer |
Eid Mohammed Al-Sweilheen | Producer |
Bassel Ghandour | Producer |
Nasser Kalaji | Producer |
Yanal Kassay | Producer |
Laith Majali | Producer |
Ma'an Odeh | Producer |
Rupert Lloyd | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | Nominated |