Hajjan
Matar has to give everything to fight for Hofira's life in this ageless coming of age drama.
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"In Saudi Arabia, there is a culture of camel racing, and "hajjan" is a camel-racing jockey. Matar is a teen boy from a line of camel racers. When his older brother gets knocked off his camel in a race and dies, Matar is supposed to join his nearest relative, his uncle, in the city, and his beloved camel Hofira sold for meat. Matar successfully pleads to be able to race his camel at least once, but his success meant that Hofira is instead sold to the local camel-racing baron, and Matar is allowed to go along. There, he finds an owner who is obsessed with the immortality of winning th..."
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All the jockeys in the film, were actual Bedouins from the Wadi Rum desert who were put through professional training along with their camels.
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Matar has to give everything to fight for Hofira's life in this ageless coming of age drama.