On the occasion of the Focus Country Jordan, Casa Árabe will show tomorrow at 29 o’clock the film Los callejones (The Alleys), by director Bassel Ghandour, who will participate in a subsequent colloquium in Spanish and English, with simultaneous interpretation. Tickets can be purchased at this link. Projection in original version subtitled to Spanish (VOSE).
Gossip and violence spread through the labyrinthine alleyways of East Amman. Ali, a hustler posing as a businessman, must keep his relationship with Lana secret to hide from society’s critical gaze. Things start to fall apart when Lana’s mother, Aseel, is blackmailed by a stranger who has filmed the young couple.
Hoping to avoid embarrassment, Aseel quietly convinces Abbas, a ruthless gangster, to put an end to it… but things don’t go as planned. Their lives are beginning to intertwine and collide not only with each other, but also with other neighbours living in the same alleys. The colloquium will be broadcast live on the Casa Árabe channel on YouTube.
