With “Hajjan,” Egyptian director Abu Bakr Shawky offers a seemingly straightforward and conventional sports narrative about the high-stakes world of camel racing in Saudi Arabia, only to subvert subgenre expectations as the film progresses. Five years after his acclaimed debut at Cannes “Yomeddine,” Shawky delivers another thought-provoking feature film, this time focusing on the way the relationship between a boy and his beloved camel is tested by the society they live in.
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