IDFA: The Brink of Dreams - Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir

Dreams big and small

In a remote Egyptian village, a group of young women form a special theatre company. They perform on the street, and do not shy away from major themes such as the oppression of women and sexual violence. When the actors confront the audience with their beliefs, fiction and reality merge: are these women acting or are they expressing their deepest frustrations and desires? They do not receive much support from their environment; the brother of founder Majda laughs at her for her ideas. But while performing, some dreams do come true, for example when Monika is allowed to pretend to be a famous singer in Cairo.