Film 2023
NAGA
A secret outing becomes a frantic journey through the desert outside Riyadh.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- ناقة
- Director
- Meshal Aljaser
- Year
- 2023
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
Sarah is expected home by a strict deadline, but an apparent shopping trip conceals a meeting with Saad. An invitation to a desert party pulls her farther from safety. Stranded among the dunes, she must navigate threatening encounters and an angry camel while keeping one urgent objective in view: getting back in time.
Context & recognition
Written and directed by Meshal Aljaser, this 2023 thriller turns a simple curfew into a pressure cooker. It screened in Toronto’s Midnight Madness programme before its Arab premiere at the Red Sea festival.
Main characters
Sarah
The young woman trying to find her way home.
Saad
The suitor whose party invitation changes her plans.
Cast
- Adwa Bader
- Yazeed Almajyul
- Jabran Aljabran
