DVD
Theeb
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (WSQ)
Languages
In Arabic, with English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Jack Fox.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Film Movement, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother, Theeb, 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 arrives looking for a guide to lead him through dangerous terrain riddled with mercenaries, revolutionaries and outcast raiders.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.
Bonus feature: Director's commentary ; bonus short film: Waves '98 / director, Ely Dagher (Arabic with English subtitles, 15 minutes).