Metropolis

dir. by Noomen Noomen, Tunisia
runtime: 18 min

Alexander moved from his rural town to the capital, then the city’s problems were embodied in his body and soul, so he sought refuge outside the city center to create a city special to his human and cosmic nature.

Cast

Khaled Arfaoui
Amel Karray
Raoudha Ben Ayed
Youssef Frikha
Taher Araissi

Credits

Directors: Noomen Noomen
Screenwriters: Noomen Noomen
Producers: CNCI /Goethe institut Tunis

Mykonos Biennale 2015 - Film Festival - Metropolis - screen shot

Screenings

Screen Culture Film Festival London November 19
2022 Best Experimental Film United Kingdom Blink Film Festival Beirut February 17
2023 Best Fiction Film Lebanon

Directors Statement

Metropolis is officially my first professional film project and my first experimental I used my civil engineering and urban planning academic background to get them into the film through the cinema world with Surrealism art perspective to criticize the reality of city and the environment based on greek mythology which says human body is reference to create the western city and the social studies of Ibn khaldoun who said "human is civilized by nature "

some of scenes inspired from the italian painting
The Creation of Adam "Creazione di Adamo" Michelangelo
Vitruvian Man "L'uomo vitruviano" originally known as "le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio" Leonardo da Vinci
Expressionist painting
" Skrik" "The Scream" Edvard Munch
realist painting
"rooms by the sea " Edward Hopper

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