• Student project

Alamut

  • Short Fiction Film
  • 12' 31''
action, drama, fantasy
  • 2022
  • Slovenia
  • Awards
  • Screenings
  • Archival footage

Synopsis

Alamut fortress, year 1092. Among hundreds of young boys who are being trained as passionate fighters for the Ismaili faith, students Ibn Tahir, Suleiman and Yusuf get an opportunity to meet their leader Hasan after had proven themselves in the battle against the Turks. Good energy from the beginning turns into great tension as Hasan tests their Islamic faith, which is not as solid as it should be

Alamut fortress, year 1092. Among hundreds of young boys who are being trained as passionate fighters for the Ismaili faith, students Ibn Tahir, Suleiman and Yusuf get an opportunity to meet their leader Hasan after had proven themselves in the battle against the Turks. Good energy from the beginning turns into great tension as Hasan tests their Islamic faith, which is not as solid as it should be. The disciples can already see that they will be executed. Hassan surprises them when he says that he will open the door to paradise with a key that only he has, to strengthen them in their faith. The students eat the balls that Hasan gives them and fall asleep. They wake up in paradise. They consume the best food and enjoy the company of most beautiful women they have ever seen. When they come back from paradise, they want to go back. Therefore, for the Ismaili faith, death is a solution, not a sacrifice.

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Credits order

Writing

Direction

Production

Cinematography

Editing

Production design

Costume design

Make-up

Sound design