Insulting Egypt’s reputation and overturning facts and technical weakness, accusations pursued the Egyptian film “Feathers” directed by Omar Al-Zuhairi, after it was shown yesterday, Sunday, as part of his participation in the activities of the fifth session of the El Gouna Film Festival, and it is the film that won the grand prize from the “Cannes” Film Festival in its session. Last.

rage

As soon as the film was shown, several artists, including Sherif Mounir, Ahmed Rizk and Ashraf Abdel Baqi, abruptly withdrew, and justified this - in side discussions on the sidelines of the festival - that the film presented Egypt in an unreal way and harmed its reputation, and that the work went out of the context that art is supposed to perform For presenting only negatives.

The accusation of the movie Feathers of insulting Egypt's reputation by the artists who withdrew from its screening, sparked a state of controversy on social media platforms, between supporters of this view and refusing to judge the film from this angle.

Art critic Andrew Mohsen stressed - on his Facebook page - the need to evaluate films, whether with admiration or rejection technically, but "insulting Egypt's reputation" is not a technical justification for rejecting artworks, because films are evaluated as films, not as national articles.

While journalist Mahmoud Kamel wrote a post - via his Facebook account - in which he said, "To the artist, Major General Sherif Mounir, and his colleagues Ashraf Abdel Baqi and Ahmed Rizk, and before them, Mr. General Director Omar Abdel Aziz, I remind you that the history of the great Egyptian cinema is full of works of art that expressed the Egyptian reality in All times, works of art that showed the true side of Egypt without embellishment or falsification, I remind you of the true role of cinema and art, or I will not remind you.

He added: "You recorded a miserable position by withdrawing from the screening of the film Feathers during the activities of the El Gouna Festival, on the pretext that the film presents an unreal image of Egypt, and it is the film that was behind the awarding of Egyptian cinema for the first time in its history with an award from the Cannes Festival for a specific artwork."

He continued, "I invite you to form a committee to try the makers of the masterpieces of Egyptian cinema. Collect firewood with ISIS and burn Egyptian cinema libraries. They formed a committee that includes sheikhs, priests and officers to monitor the content and content of films before they are made. Finally, retire from art. Beautify her image that does not need beautification."

Regarding the artistic wave of anger raised by "Rish", the director of the film, Omar Al-Zuhairi, said in a symposium at the El Gouna Festival, "I respect all opinions, and I did not mean to offend Egypt, and I expressed the matter very honestly. What will happen or reactions, but the film offers something new, and it is normal for different reactions to occur, and this is evidence of interest in the film.”

fantasy experience

The film Feathers revolves around the disappearance of the father on the birthday of the youngest son after the magician turns him into a chicken, to discover with time the suffering in which the wife and mother enter, who must provide for her children with livelihoods.

The director was keen that the work should be without time or place, to express his idea that reveals masculine authority, and the director has excelled in presenting images of ugliness and miserable condition in a way full of aesthetics, and the film also permeated some black comedy from the situations that the heroine is going through.