The Dislocation of Amber

Overview

The Dislocation of Amber was filmed in the city of Suakin, a formerly flourishing port in Sudan, now in ruins. Its history is one of famine and opulence, devastation and progress, cultural damage and rich trade. Shariffe used the poetry of the great Sufi masters Ibn al-Farid, and Sheikh Abd al-Rahim al-Burai (Burai of Sudan) to accentuate a sense of desertion and alienation hinted at in the title. This surreal masterpiece of Sudanese cinema features poems sung by the late Sudanese singer Abdel-Aziz Dawoud.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1975

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Arabic

Countries

Sudan

Production

Sudanese National Council for the Arts,Sudan Film Unit

Cast

Ilham Yousif,Fayza Amaseeb,Khadiga Faysal,Sondr Hale,Fathi Berkia,Guereth Ciepluch,Ahmed Tahir,Sami el Sawi,Mohamed Bushara,Darsalam Dugoosiand 3 more

Director

Hussein Shariffe

Writer

Hussein Shariffe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3491408