Based on Sonallah Ibrahim’s famous novel, SHARAF is the story of a modern Candide in a dystopian Arab World. He is one of the millions of people living at the poverty line who longs for a better future. When he kills a man in self-defense he has to wake up from his dreams of wealth and consumption. The microcosm of prison mirrors the complex situation of Arab societies living under dictatorship and poverty, dependent on an unjust global economic system.

Director - Samir Nasr
Scriptwriters - Sonallah Ibrahim & Samir Nasr
Producer -Silvana Santamaria
Head of Production - Bilal Athimni
Associate Producer ARTE / ZDF - Simon Ofenloch
Funded by MFG Film Fund, Sanad Film Fund, Le Fonds Image de la Francophonie, Medienboard Berlin
Production - SOILFILMS
Co-Production - ZoneArt Films (Tunisia), Teamwerk.Die Filmproduktion (Germany), Wady Films (Luxembourg), Les Contes Modernes (France)