2012 · revolution · tahrir · class
After the Battle
Directed by Yousry Nasrallah1h 58m2012
Reem is a young political activist who works for an advertisement company. As she tries to uncover the truth behind the incide of the Battle of the Camel, she accompanies her friend Farah to Nazlet Al Seman where she meets and falls for Mahmoud, one of the people involved in the incident.
Our read: After the Battle (2012) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded revolution · tahrir · class entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured revolution / tahrir, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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