Movie Description
The Room
(2026)Overview
In The Room, Franco-Egyptian visual artist Youssef Nabil delivers a poetic, meditative short film that plays like a vintage piece of Golden Age Egyptian celluloid. Melding moving image with his signature hand-colored, highly theatrical aesthetic, Nabil crafts a comforting fable about mortality and transition. The film follows Nabil as a soul contemplating the end of his earthly existence. He is met at the threshold by performance art icon Marina Abramović, who embodies a serene, angelic guide. Rather than leading him into darkness, Abramović awakens him from the "dream" of life and ushers him through a symbolic doorway into a radiant, hyper-saturated paradise. Materializing as a traditional Farah (an Arabic wedding celebration meaning "Joy"), this afterlife becomes a festive, music-filled homecoming—framing the end of life not as a tragedy, but as a beautiful transition into eternal celebration.
Featured Crew
- Director : Youssef Nabil
- Writer : Youssef Nabil
- Cast : Marina Abramović,Youssef Nabil
Cast
Self
Self
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Facts
Original TitleThe Room
Status Released
Release Information
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2026-05-19
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 10m
Homepagehttps://marianeibrahim.com/fr/exhibitions/114/works/artworks-11034-youssef-nabil-the-room-2025/
Genres
- Drama
- Fantasy























