The Scene Club, Dubai’s monthly film club, which showcases some of the world’s best independent cinema, screens It’s About to Rain (Sta Per Piovere) by Italian-Iraqi director Haider Rashid on Wednesday 12 June 2013 at Dubai Knowledge Village Conference Centre.
It’s About to Rain tackles the intricate theme of Jus Soli (“right of the soil’) which is the right by which a nationality or citizenship can be recognised to any individual born in the territory of the related state.
Said, a confident and ambitious young man, born and raised in Italy from Algerian parents, studies and works as a part-time baker, has a beautiful girlfriend and loves football. When his father loses his job, the family is suddenly faced with the worrying reality of not being able to renew their residency visa as they have done for the 30 thirty years and receive a letter of expulsion.
Said’s life takes a sudden dark turn: Italy, the country that he has always considered as his, now appears to be a rubber wall that pushes him to ‘go home’, to Algeria, a place he has never even visited.
It’s About to Rain had its world premiere at the 2012 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and was included in the official selection of several international film festivals including Sydney and Sao Paulo.
The film was written, directed and edited by Haider Rashid who, at the age of 28, has made two other feature-length films namely Tangled Up in Blue and Silence: All Roads Lead to Music.
The Scene Club hosts director Rashid for an open Q&A session after the screening.
Tickets are complimentary and guests are required to book in advance at http://www.thesceneclub.com.
