Kiss Me Not on the Eyes (2006)

 ●  Arabic ● 1 hr 52 mins

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After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet Beshir, an intellectual and activist who will supervise her thesis on ecstasy in Sufi love poetry. Their attraction is mutual. This could be liberation for Dunia but the constraints on women in Egyptian society goes deeper than she suspects.
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Did you know? The attack on the character Beshir was based on the attack on Egyptian Nobel Literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz, who was also attacked by extremists. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Arabic
Spoken Languages:
Arabic
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
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Taglines:
Kiss me not on the eyes.
Trivia:
The script of "Dunia" film was awarded the special jury prize for best screenplay at the annual screenplay competition organized by the French National Cinema Centre "CNC" 2003.

The attack on the character Beshir was based on the attack on Egyptian Nobel Literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz, who was also attacked by extremists.

The protagonist's name Dunia means "world" or "worldly life" in Arabic.