It seems that the coming period will witness the transition of more famous social networking sites to the big screen, as preparations are under way to start filming a new movie produced by "XMovies" for artistic production next September, entitled "Financial Crisis", which brings together a number of stars of "Social Media", He represented Khaled Al-Khalidi and Bu Swaileh from the Emirates, and Fadwa Salam from the Sultanate of Oman, along with professional artists, such as Eid Al-Dhaheri and Maitha Muhammad. The film, which represents the first experience of Emirati producer Saif Al Shamsi in the field of writing, directed by Hussein Abdul Rahman, revolves around a generous comic framework about Khaled who is generous to the point of extravagance, and as a result of his actions he loses his wealth and falls into a financial crisis during which he learns the true faces of those around him and discovers true friends, And people who have been pretending to be his friends for years.
Members of the film team and during a media meeting with representatives of Emirati newspapers, expressed their hope that it will come out professionally, reflecting their eagerness to present the best, and befitting the cinema audience, explaining that the film represents a great challenge because it is a new experience for characters that the audience has known through social media and is associated with it and what it provides From the content, and work in the cinema is a great move for them, as it should add to their audiences and not detract from them, as the film represents the first experience of his author Saif Al Shamsi in this field.
A valuable comedy
The XMovies Chairman, Faisal Bin Ahmed, stressed the company's keenness to provide the cinematic scene in the Emirates with works of outstanding artistic value, with a focus on the comedic character in all of its films, a comedy that relies on the employee’s position professionally at work with the aim of providing treatment for reality and its issues And his problems, and not laughing just for laughter, pointing out that the special screening of the film will be a major event as a film festival in which all films that XMovies have produced since its inception are promoted.
Every person has an artist inside
For his part, Khaled Al-Khaldi indicated that moving from social media to cinema is a big challenge, explaining that the story of the movie and the personality that appears in it were among the most important reasons that encouraged him to take up this challenge, as the film presents a story that he witnessed a lot in reality and lived with people he knows about Near, which encouraged him to bring it to people. On the skills of acting performance, Al-Khalidi expressed his belief that he does not need to receive training in acting, adding: “I feel that every person carries an artist inside of him, even if he does not realize that, we live in a society and deal with different models of people, which enrich our knowledge, And for me, I used to pass on my diary to followers transparently and automatically, without editing or repeating. ”
Success experience
"Experience of success" is the description that Emirati director Rakan called the movie "Financial Crisis". Rakan, who is tasked with overseeing the implementation of the film with the artist Ahmed Saleh, who previously starred in the films "Sacrificed in Abu Dhabi" and "Sacrificed in Thailand", explained that "a financial crisis" brings together various elements of success from distinct production and a story that discusses social issues within the framework of A meaningful comedian, and a cast of names that the fans have been attached to and loved, and the film represents an opportunity to present them differently.
For his part, the artist Ahmed Saleh expected that "financial crisis" would be one of the most successful mass films in Emirati cinema, and would break the record revenue figures achieved by "Sacrificed in Abu Dhabi" and "Sacrificed in Thailand", especially since he brings together popular characters, such as Khaled Al-Khaldi, Eid Al-Dhaheri, and others.
real story
While the author of the work, Saif Al Shamsi, explained that the movie is linked to a social issue and provides models for people from reality in an easy and simple manner, but at the same time it differs from other previous films, pointing out that the heroes of the work will appear in characters bearing their real names in reality.
The artist, Eid Al Dhaheri, expressed his happiness to participate in the film, which represents a return to art after a pause, which he considered "a pause with the soul" to restore his accounts, explaining that he did not move away from the scene during this pause, as he was closely following the young talents that appear. Al Dhaheri, who participated in the movie “Sacrificed in Abu Dhabi” and also presented during his artistic career many theatrical performances and lyric poems, that the most prominent feature of the movie “financial crisis” is the ease of its text and the social messages it carries, in addition to its dependence on the comedy of physical performance, It is not a word that has become prevalent in many works. The artist, Maitha Mohamed, indicated that she plays the role of a fellow hero in the work and with time her personality changes, pointing to her pride in cooperating again with the work team that includes names she worked with before in artistic works and fully trusts their choices.
Ibrahim Nagy, who was introduced to the audience through social media, expressed his happiness in going through the acting experience for the first time, as he plays the role of a doctor, hoping that the work will be a prelude to more work in the field of cinema.
Ali Saleh, who is best known on the social media network as (Boswalih), is also participating in the film, as he plays the friend of the hero who tries to exploit his generosity and abandon him at the time of distress.
- The team during a media interview: The film is a new experience for characters that the audience has known through social media and has been linked to it.