‘Traveller’s Hell’ Trailer: Hana Alomair’s MBC-Backed Female-Driven Thriller Breaks Fresh Ground For Saudi Cinema — SkimNews
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- MBC Studios is preparing the world premiere of Traveller’s Hell at the Cairo International Film Festival next week and has unveiled the film’s international trailer.
- Traveller’s Hell follows a young woman who unknowingly picks up a serial killer posing as a stranded motorist on a remote mountain road.
- Hana Alomair is making her first feature after co-writing and directing Whispers, one of Netflix’s first original series with Saudi Arabia after the country opened up in 2017.
- Traveller’s Hell, first announced in 2024, is a landmark MBC Studios production for its female-driven genre storyline and Hana Alomair’s status as a first-time feature director.
- Osamah Almuslim adapted the film from his best-selling novel of the same name and wrote the screenplay.
- Adwa Bader stars alongside Basil Alsole, Mohammed Ali, Shojaa Nashat and Aziz Gharbawi.
- Traveller’s Hell is scheduled to open theatrically in Saudi Arabia on November 19 after its Cairo world premiere, with rollouts to additional Arab cities to be announced in the coming weeks.
Why it matters: With a November 19 Saudi opening and further rollouts planned for other Arab cities, MBC Studios is taking a landmark female-driven genre production from festival premiere into a staged theatrical release. The film also gives Alomair her first feature after co-writing and directing Netflix’s Whispers.
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