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The Fifth Castle
Bilal Al-Sabouni-The Fifth Castle

Directed by: Bilal Al-Sabouni

Script: The Fifth Castle) a novel by Fadel Azzawi

Camera: Abdo Hamzeh

Music: Nouri Iskandar

Duration: 110 m/colour

Year: 1979

Cast: Assaad Fedda, Abdulfattah Mzayyen, Nadine

Synopsis:

The film is about Syria in the early 1950’s. (Salamah, Mustafa, Hussein, Yousif…), such names represent opposition to the dictatorship regime, and look to a future when a new society could be built on social justice. The main character gets acquainted with these persons when he is imprisoned in a political prison as a result of similarity in names. So, he finds himself in a different situation from what he used to dream and think of. From a small world of narrow-mindedness  to a world of thoughts and strife. He is passing experiencing a hard intellectual struggle.


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