KISS ME NOT ON MY EYES

DOUNIA (KISS ME NOT ON MY EYES)
Egitto/ Francia/ Libano - 2005

Direction: Jocelyne Saab
Screenplay: Jocelyne Saab
Camera: Jacques Bouquin
Editing: Claude Reznik
Sound: Fawzi Thabet
Music: Jean-Pierre Mas, Patrick Legonie
Cast: Hanane Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Aida Riad, Fathi Abdelwahab, Sawsan Badr
Format: 35 mm
Time: 112 min.

Synopsis
After studying literature in Cairo, Dounia, a young Egyptian woman of 23, embarks on a journey in oriental dancing in the footsteps of her mother, a famous dancer. Divided between the fascination of the ancient Arab tradition and the cultural and religious inhibitions of the contemporary Arab world, the young woman seeks her path. Meeting Beshir, a Sufi poet and man of letters, will be a turning point in her life. Dounia will enter .

into deep contact with her body and dance only after having discovered, in the arms of Beshir, the pleasure of the senses and the pleasure of words.