Theeb (2015)

Suspense Foreign Drama

1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb ("Wolf") in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers' quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently deceased father, Hussein agrees to lead them on... Full synopsis »

Theeb, one of five movies nominated for Best Foreign Language Picture at this year’s Academy Awards, is about a boy, a desert and a camel. It’s also, arguably, the best of the five, an entrancing, unpredictable and at times intense drama set in the Middle East during World War I. Full movie review »

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