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Trouble Sleeping

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Rebekah Bowman

Synopsis

Trouble Sleeping tells the story of a Palestinian refugee, Ahmed, and his struggle to survive and remain a good man. He is about to be deported from the UK and be forced into a return to the Middle East which is fraught with danger. Halla knows a secret which can save him but he cost of revealing that secret will be terrible for her.

Trouble Sleeping is based on the true stories of refugees in Scotland.

Details

Year
2008
Type of film
Features
Running Time
107 mins
Format
HiDef
Director
Robert Rae 1st Feature
Producer
Ewan Angus, Leslie Finlay
Co-Producer
Ewan Angus, Leslie Finlay
Editor
Kristina Hetherington
Screenwriter
Robert Rae, Ghazi Hussein, Saleyha Ashan, Lucy Kaya, James McSharry, Roxanna Pope
Director of Photography
Ian Dodds
Production Designer
Laurel Wear
Sound
Chris Campion
Music
Jim Sutherland
Principal Cast
Alia Alzougbi, Hassan Naama, Seham Ali, Okan Yahai, Wassim Abuglain, Fouad Cherif, Nihat Kaya, Robert Softely, Nabil Shaban, Gary Lewis, Alison Peebles

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 4th August 2008

Production Company

Makar Productions
23 Parkhead Avenue
Edinburgh EH11 4SF
Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)13 1443 8056

makarprod@aol.com

Theatre Workshop
32 Hamilton Place
Edinburgh EH3 5AX
Scotland
UK

robertrae@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.trouble-sleeping.co.uk