On Borrowed Time (2018 film)

On Borrowed Time (Original Arabic title: Shabab Sheyab) is an Arabic-language 2018 comedy drama film directed and written by Yasir Al Yasiri.^[1]

On Borrowed Time
Directed by	Yasir Al Yasiri
Written by	Yasir Al Yasiri
Produced by	Rami Yasin
Starring	Saad Al Faraj Salloum Haddad Mansoor Al Feeli Fouad Ali
Cinematography	Adrian Silisteanu
Edited by	Shahnaz Dulaimy
Music by	Jerry Lane
Production company	Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ [ae]
Distributed by	Tanweer
Release date	18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Arab Emirates
Language	Arabic

Plot

Cast

• Saad Al Faraj as Abu Hassan
• Salloum Haddad [ar] as The General
• Mansoor Al Feeli [ar] as The pharmacist
• Fouad Ali [ar] as Khaled
• Marei Al Halyan [ar] as Abu Hamad
• Laila Abdallah as Ruqayyah

Reception

The film premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in California.^[2] The film got the attention of the US media.^[3] The film after that was shown in many other film festivals in the United States winning two awards as best film and getting high reviews as one of the best international films coming from the Arab world.^[4]