Synopsis
For his first feature film in many years, the legendary filmmaker from Sudan has chosen to adapt Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables for an African audience in the Arab language. The esteemed actor Gamal Hassan assumes the character of Jean Valjean from who is a man driven to crime and nerfarious activities after circumstances have driven him in this direction. However, with the help of others he manages an incredible transformation. Gubara clearly saw this narrative as a significant parable concerning the will to change perceived as crucial for the future of Sudan. —amakula.com
Director
Gadalla Gubara
Master filmmaker Gadalla Gubara is the first filmmaker of East Africa, having made his first film in the late forties with the colonial film unit on 35mm film. However, he is largely unknown and unaccounted for in the history of African film precisely because of the solitary determination of his pursuit as much as the lack of credible cultural support throughout the Eastern sector of Africa. —amakula.com
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