Rags and Tatters explained

Rags and Tatters
Director:	Ahmad Abdalla
Producer:	Mohamed Hefzy
Starring:	Asser Yassin
Cinematography:	Tarek Hefny
Editing:	Hisham Saqr
Distributor:	Rotana Studios
Runtime:	87 minutes
Country:	Egypt
Language:	Arabic

Rags and Tatters (Arabic: فرش وغطا), (translit. farš wa-ġaṭa) is a 2013 Egyptian drama film written and directed by Ahmad Abdalla. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.^{[1] [2]} The film was also selected in London Film Festival and Abu Dhabi Film Festival in the official competition. In November 2013, the film won the Grand Prix (The Goldne Antigone) at the Montpellier Film Festival.^[3]

Cast

• Asser Yassin
• Amr Abed
• Mohamed Mamdouh
• Latifa Fahmy as The Mother
• Yara Goubran
• Atef Yousef

Reviews

The film had positive reviews in international press such as Variety,^[4] The Guardian^[5] and Huffington Post.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rags and Tatters . 26 August 2013 . TIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130903071959/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/ragsandtatters . 3 September 2013 .
2. Web site: Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition . 26 August 2013 . Indiewire.
3. Web site: Montpellier - Cinemed 2013 : Antigone d'or décerné au film égyptien "Rags and Tatters" . 10 November 2013 . midilibre.
4. Web site: Toronto Film Review: 'Rags & Tatters'. Jay Weissberg. Variety. 1 March 2016.
5. Web site: Rags and Tatters – London film festival review. Peter Bradshaw. the Guardian. 1 March 2016.
6. Web site: Best of Toronto 2013: Ahmed Abdallah's Rags and Tatters. 10 September 2013. The Huffington Post. 1 March 2016.