1993 · communism · search · surreal
Mercedes
Directed by Yousry Nasrallah1h 45m1993
Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.
Our read: Mercedes (1993) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal communism · search · surreal entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured communism / search, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- inventive
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