Arab Attraction

  • Barbara Wally, the former director of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria, has been a public figure known for her pronounced feminist views for decades. A few years before her retirement she fell in love with Alkhadher, a 20 years younger driver from Yemen. She has since become his second wife and a devoted Muslim, which entails praying to Allah five times a day, and wearing a headscarf on many occasions. The film explores this unusual paradigm shift.

     

premiere location: IDFA 2010

credits

  • director(s): Andreas Horvath
  • co director(s): Monika Muskala
  • cinematographer(s): Andreas Horvath, Monika Muskala
  • editor(s): Andreas Horvath
  • music: Richard Wagner

technical data

  • film format: HD
  • audio format: Stereo
  • production year: 2010
  • runtime: 56', 118'
  • countries: AUSTRIA
  • genres: human interest, religion
  • languages: Arabic, German
  • subtitles: English

Festivals

  • Diagonale
  • IDFA 2010
  • Planete Doc Review

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