Well, at least I got one of the foreign films in before the ceremony. A young Bedouin boy named Theeb (Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat) and his brother (Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen) lead an Englishman (Jack Fox) and his interpreter across the Hejaz Province. They are ambushed near a well with Theeb and one of the bandits (Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh) the only survivors. Theeb must decide whether or not to trust this man in order to get back home.
This is set during World War I and it's not a perspective I have often seen. The boy and his tribe are so removed from the actual fighting much less the politics behind all of it that you can really feel their isolation, even though the events would go to drastically change their world. I suppose you could say it was a metaphor for the modern Arab states being shaped by foreign powers and struggling to come into their own, if you wanted to go all film school on it. Otherwise, it's a beautifully shot coming-of-age film.
I didn't really feel one way or another about this but if it interests you, feel free to wrangle up a copy.
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