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Dubai: Egypt’s Marwan Hamed Set For Political Thriller ‘Diamond Dust’ – Variety
DECEMBER 6, 2017 6:12AM PT
Dubai: Egyptian Director Marwan Hamed Set for Political Thriller ‘Diamond Dust’ (EXCLUSIVE) By NICK VIVARELLI
CREDIT: COURTESY MARWAN HAMED
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed (“The Yacoubian Building”) is set to shoot dark political thriller “Diamond Dust,” an ensemble pic packed with Arab stars in which a web of corruption emerges that has ties to present-day Egypt. The Cairo-set “vigilante story” in which Hamed says “every character is a piece of a puzzle pertaining to the murder” of an old man “who has plenty of connections to corruption,” is based on a 2010 book by novelist/screenwriter Ahmed Mourad. The book has become a bestseller in Egypt and also been translated into German and Italian, a rare achievement for an Arab noir. Cameras will start rolling next week in Cairo on “Diamond Dust” which is being produced by Zein El-Kurdi New Century via New Century Production, an arm of Egypt’s Dollar Film, the Arab world’s oldest ilmmaking company. They will release the pic in the Middle East. No world sales company is currently on board.
https://variety.com/2017/film/global/dubai-egyptian-director-marwan-hamed-set-for-political-thriller-diamond-dust-exclusive-1202631862/
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