On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

93 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 5, 2018

A feel-good comedy about aging, friendship and new directions, On Borrowed Time is director Yasir Al Yasir’s follow-up to his 2012 film Murk Light, which earned him the Best Short Narrative Award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Taking place in and around a Dubai retirement home, the film follows four elderly men who appear to be settling in for the long haul—that is, until one of them receives an unexpected and mammoth inheritance.

On Borrowed Time

93 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 5, 2018

On Borrowed Time
A feel-good comedy about aging, friendship and new directions, On Borrowed Time is director Yasir Al Yasir’s follow-up to his 2012 film Murk Light, which earned him the Best Short Narrative Award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Taking place in and around a Dubai retirement home, the film follows four elderly men who appear to be settling in for the long haul—that is, until one of them receives an unexpected and mammoth inheritance.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers
Original title Shabab Sheyab
Directors Yasir Al-Yasiri
Writers

Cast

Sad Al-Faraj

as Abu Hasan Al Falaki

Salloum Haddad

as General Talaat

Marei Al Halyan

as Abu Hamad Albulbul