Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim | |
Director: | Sherif El Bendary |
Producer: | Mohamed Hefzy Hossam Elouan |
Screenplay: | Ahmed Amer |
Story: | Ibrahim El Batout |
Starring: | Ali Subhi Ahmed Magdy Salwa Mohamed Ali Nahed El Sebai Ibrahim Ghareib |
Music: | Ahmed El Sawy |
Cinematography: | Amr Farouk |
Editing: | Emad Maher |
Distributor: | Rotana Studios |
Runtime: | 92 minutes |
Country: | Egypt France Qatar United Arab Emirates Germany |
Language: | Arabic |
Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim (Arabic: علي معزة وابراهيم, transliterated: Ali Mizah wa Ibrahim) is a 2016 Egyptian film directed by Sherif El Bendary.
Ali believes his late girlfriend's soul has been reincarnated in a goat named Nada. Ali, his goat and his friend Ibrahim embark on a journey of friendship and self-discovery across Egypt to reverse the curse.
The film was dubbed "a weirdly likable firecracker" in a review in The Hollywood Reporter.[1] It received a mostly positive review in the Variety.[2] It won the award for Best feature film at the 2017 Malmö Arab Film Festival.[3]