Between Heaven and Earth

Bin elsema we el-Ard, feature film, 1960

DIRECTED BY: Salah Abouseif

Between Heaven and Earth

CAST:
Hind Rostom,
Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy,
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

SCRIPT:
Naguib Mahfouz,
Salah Abouseif

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Wahid Farid

Synopsis:
An actress preparing to get on a roof to film a scene, a suicidal, a crazy man who ran away from a hospital, lovers who prepare for a secret meeting, a pickpocket and several other characters find themselves stuck in an elevator that has stopped between floors. While trapped between the earth and the sky waiting for rescue, we learn about their life stories - bitter and sweet, but most of all entertaining.

black and white, 35mm, 85