Exclusive: Paul Baboudjian’s new Dubai-based company Tharwa has boarded Emirati filmmaker Nawaf Al-Janahi’s upcoming English-language psychological thriller Transparent.
The film revolves around a man who loses his grasp of reality after cheating on his wife during a business trip to the port city of Marseilles.
It marks Al-Janahi’s third picture, after The Circle and Sea Shadow, and his first English-language film. Dubai-based writer Nicolas Forzy wrote the original screenplay.
“I love the thriller genre but what also attracted me is the human depth of the story too,” said Al-Janahi.
Baboudjian – best known as the founding, executive director of the Screen Institute Beirut – launched Tharwa in October with the announcement of Saudi filmmaker Ahd’s upcoming film Sandfish.
The tale of a beautiful young orphan who is sold off to an old pearl merchant, the film is based on Maha Gargash’s bestseller The Sand Fish set in the region in the 1950s and 60s...
The film revolves around a man who loses his grasp of reality after cheating on his wife during a business trip to the port city of Marseilles.
It marks Al-Janahi’s third picture, after The Circle and Sea Shadow, and his first English-language film. Dubai-based writer Nicolas Forzy wrote the original screenplay.
“I love the thriller genre but what also attracted me is the human depth of the story too,” said Al-Janahi.
Baboudjian – best known as the founding, executive director of the Screen Institute Beirut – launched Tharwa in October with the announcement of Saudi filmmaker Ahd’s upcoming film Sandfish.
The tale of a beautiful young orphan who is sold off to an old pearl merchant, the film is based on Maha Gargash’s bestseller The Sand Fish set in the region in the 1950s and 60s...
- 12/15/2014
- ScreenDaily
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