Film 2022
Within Sand
A merchant’s hurried journey home becomes a struggle for survival in the desert.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- بين الرمال
- Director
- Mohammed Alatawi
- Year
- 2022
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
Snam leaves his trading convoy, hoping to reach his village before his wife gives birth to their first child. Travelling alone makes him vulnerable to an ambush. Stripped of safety and supplies, he must navigate an immense landscape while a wolf follows him. Memories and the thought of home accompany a journey increasingly governed by exhaustion and uncertainty.
Context & recognition
Mohammed Alatawi's Saudi adventure was presented at the Red Sea festival in 2022, before its 2024 theatrical release. The desert is both a physical obstacle and the setting for a story about isolation, endurance and the need to return.
Main characters
Snam
The young tobacco merchant trying to return home.
Snam’s wife
His pregnant wife, whose approaching delivery motivates the journey.
Cast
- Ra'ed Alshammari
- Adwa Fahad
- Fatima Al Sharif