Sira: Wenn der Halbmond spricht

FilmMEMORY introduces us to an 80-year-old Egyptian who is the last living interpreter of the epic Arab poem Sira. The illiterate old storyteller lives for stories, and today is the only person who knows the poem’s millions of verses, which have been handed down orally for centuries. He would like to pass on the poem to his grandson, but he is more interested in pop music and soap operas. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)