Presented by the Bijou Film Board, and as part of Bijou's Horizons program.
FREE for UI students (present student ID at box office) and $7.00 for the general public!

"As Gamal, himself raised in a leper colony, knowingly navigates the uncomfortable glares he encounters along the way, 'Yomeddine' (Arabic for 'judgement day') takes an affecting path toward belonging and acceptance." -- Los Angeles Times

"It's the weathered Gamal who walks away with the movie, his insouciance and soulfulness immediately registering as beauty." -- New York Times

"The movie lands on the tantalizing suggestion that while being an outcast can lead to anger and frustration, those same emotions can also be a source of pride." -- IndieWire

Beshay, a man cured of leprosy, has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he decides to go in search of his roots. With his meager possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wing, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows, hardships, and moments of grace in his quest for a family, a place to belong, and a little humanity.

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