SHABAQ
(THIS WOMAN'S PLEASURE)
Directed by Zalfa Seurat, 2019
SYNOPSIS
Batroun, North Lebanon. A couple are trying to enjoy an afternoon at the beach. The woman is attracted by three handsome, virile thugs who disrupt the peace and quiet of this perfect day. Their brutality arouses the anger of the hut owner, who threatens them. Violence erupts on all sides. The woman's violence reaches a completely different extreme.
Cast
Camille BRUNEL
Ziad CHAKAROUNSKY
Karim AL AMIN
Tony KANAAN
Tony DAOUD
Bassel JAWHARI
Crew
Written & directed by
Zalfa SEURAT
Photography
Joude GORANI
Editing
Margaux SERRE
Sound
Thierry DIAB
Stéphane RIVES
Mathieu NAPPEZ
Score
Marc CODSI
Technical Details
Fiction - France - 2019
19' - 1.85:1 – Colour – 5.1
Version
Arabic with French subtitles
Production
Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films
Distribution
Local Films Distribution
International Sales
Local Films
Partners
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine film Workout
Festivals
Mediawave - on the road festival / Hungary / 2020
Alter-Native International Short Film Festival / Romania / 2019
Fifib Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux / France / 2019
Press Materials
TRAILER
After studying cinema at La Sorbonne and Famu in Prague, Zalfa SEURAT directed short films (including “Moussinna” in 2011, Sporting-Club, produced by GREC in 2014, “Alep Terminal” produced by MP productions in 2017, and “Shabaq (this woman's pleasure)” produced by Local Films in 2019).
She has also appeared in several films (“Asfouri”, “That's the war in Syria that killed her”, “Venus Obscura”, “Zero Dark thirty” ...)
Her first feature film, “Lucie in the Sky”, is in development.