East of Noon

Set in a confined world outside of time, East of Noon tells the story of Abdo, a 19-year-old prodigy who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman Shawky, a 70-year-old eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and Jalala, a 75-year-old storyteller, who provides relief with tales of the sea that no one else has seen. Elkoussy’s second feature is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth’s unchained vision of a better world.