简介：ANewDayinOldSana'aisa2005romanticdramafilmdirectedbyBaderBenHirsi,aBritishplaywrightanddirectorofYemeniancestry,andproducedbyAhmedAbdali.ItwasshotinSan‘a’,thecapitalofYemen,andwasthefirstYemenifilmtobeshownattheCannesFilmFestival.Therunningtimeofthefilmwas86minutes,andversionswerereleasedinEnglishlanguageandArabic(withEnglishsubtitles). InadditiontoCannes,thefilmwasscreenedattheCairoInternationalFilmFestival;afteritsshowinginCairo,Hirsireceivedaprizeof100,000poundsfromtheEgyptianMinistryofCulture. ThefilmisshownthroughtheeyesofFederico,aphotographerfromItaly.Tariq(afriendofFederico)isscheduledtomarryBilquis,thedaughterofarichjudge.However,whileoutinthecityonenight,hecatchessightofawomenhebelievestobeBilquis,andfallsinlovewithher.Thewomanturnsouttobeanagsh(ablackplantappliedlikehenna)artistnamedInes,andTariqendsuphavingtochoosebetweenthetwo.Thefilmendswithashotofadhinni,playedbyHirsihimself…