BOY FROM HEAVEN
Director: TARIK SALEH
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt’s religious and political elite
PRODUCTION FACTS
106 min / Sweden, France, Finland, Denmark / 2022
Produced by Atmo Rights AB.
a Swedish, French, Finnish and Danish co-production.
SCRIPTWRITER: Tarik Saleh
DIRECTOR: Tarik Saleh
PRODUCERS :Kristina Åberg, Fredrik Zander
CO-PRODUCER: Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Mischa Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen
CAST:
Adam- Tawfeek Barhom
Ibrahim - Fares Fares
General Al Sakran - Mohamad Bakri
Sheikh Negm - Makram J. Khoury
Zizo - Mehdi Dehbi
Sobhy - Younes Medhat.
CREW
DoP Pierre Aim
Production Designer - Roger Rosenberg
Costume Designer - Denise Östholm
Make Up & Hair - Pia Cornelius
Comp0ser - Krister Linder
Editor - Theis Schmidt
Visual Effects Supervisor Peter Hjorth
Visual Effects Producer Mikael Windelin
Post Production Supervisor, Denmark Jakob Schaumburg
Post Production Coordinator: Kong Gulerod Film, Martin Schmidt, Anders V. Christensen
Production Managers, Denmark: Esther Nissen, Maria Kristensen
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
Memento Films Production
Bufo
Film i Väst
Sveriges Television
Mikael Ahlström Films
Haymaker
ARTE France Cinéma
Post Control
Final Cut for Real
WITH SUPPORT FROM
The Swedish Film Institute
Eurimages
Région Ile de France
Aide aux Cinémas du Monde
Centre National du cinéma et de l'image animée- Institut français
Région Île -de-France
Finnish Film Foundation
Business Finland
The Danish Film Institute
Shot in Turkey and Gothenburg, 2021
CONTACT
DENMARK
Final Cut for Real – Co-Producer Monica Hellström
monica@final-cut.dk - +45 2627 0275
PRESS & PUBLICITY
WORLD SALES Memento Films International