Bab Al Samah

 
   
 
Director: Francesco Sperandeo
Screenplay: Moez Ben Hassen, Nizar Kaabi, Francesco Sperandeo
Photography: Giovanni Galasso
Original Music: Ziad Trabelsi (Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio)
Cast: Mohammed Sayari, Fabrizio Bucci, Mohammed Kouka, Montassar Maagli, Serena Napoli.
Editing: Michele Sblendorio
Production: Antonio Sperandeo, Francesco Sperandeo
Year: 2008. Running Time: 15’
 
Mehdi’s desire for redemption from a past filled with humiliations – symbolized by a heavy, antique door – takes him on a cathartic journey, toward the door’s destruction in a purifying fire.


 
 

 


 
 
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

    
 

     
Francesco Sperandeo
He was born in Palermo in 1979. The short, Bab Al Samah is his debut as director. Besides his activities as assistant director, he is working on screenplays for original shorts and feature films. Among his future planned projects is a feature film (probably with the participation of Omar Sharif) to be shot on location in Europe and the Arab world. Since 2007 he has taught Directing, Organization and Management of Audiovisual Filming IFTS courses in collaboration with Palermo University (DAMS).