Man of Ashes
1986 · 109 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 250 VOTES · DIR. Nouri Bouzid
Overview
In the ensuing days before his wedding bridegroom Hachemi faces both the anxieties of the future and the shadows of the past. His best friend, Farfat, is the topic of street graffiti and local gossip, which calls his manhood into question. This ripples out to affect Hachemi for, unbeknownst to anyone, as apprenticed youths they were molested by Ameur, the local carpenter. Farfat is banished from his father's home and the shared secret between the two friends threatens to undo more than just the wedding, but their very lives.
Dialogue Timeline — 630 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 Official entry at the Cannes Festival
00:05:01 Damn you!
00:08:59 Farfat's things.
00:12:03 A crab bit me.
00:18:13 Jacko used too call me his fiance. I was so ashamed.
00:21:08 you'll bring bad luck.
00:25:39 Don't make a scene.
00:30:02 No, you'll lose it.
00:33:29 He's of age now.
00:38:09 I'm thinking of my son.
00:41:18 Even blood ties no longer mean anything.
00:46:01 If you're lying, God will punish you.
00:49:01 She wants to go to America.
00:51:48 You are Jacko's friend. How could he have fired you?
00:56:16 Let happiness reign and know no bounds.
01:04:49 Scatter my flesh on the doorsteps of the mosques.
01:09:58 Nafissa! Nafissa!
01:15:34 Since when has a beating harmed a man?
01:20:35 Azaiez.
01:23:19 Don't act like a child!
01:27:34 All my life I've had the same dream.
01:36:06 No one loves me.
01:41:11 Ameur, let's see if you're really a man. You're afraid.
01:48:25 Producer: Ahmed ATTIA
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed630
Dialogue density5.8 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:48:25
Production Record
DirectorNouri Bouzid
LanguageArabic
IMDb votes250