Small Planet Documentary Production Company

DURATION: 60 min.

The hub of the Islamic world, the largest oil-producing country in the world, homeland of Osama Bin Laden, is balanced precariously between the "modern, Western way of life" and tradition.

Over-conservative clerics are asking for a return to the roots of Islam. Reformists are pressuring for liberties. The country is changing and its king is trying to keep a balance by satisfying everyone around him. Women who are not allowed to drive cars; reformists who are often jailed for voicing their demands; clerics and religious police who insist on dictating every aspect of life; Americans who insist on determining the country's oil wealth;

The documentary sheds light on a society where theater, cinema and music are forbidden, while executions are a public spectacle. Wealth and oil, human rights, the "free besieged" life of the young, religion and terrorism... as seen through the eyes of ordinary people and the country's VIPs.

MAIN CREDITS

Written, Produced & Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Research Coordinator: Apostolis Kaparoudakis / Editing Director: Dimitris Nikolopoulos / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos / A Small Planet production for ERT © 2005 – 2006

TECHNICAL DATA

Original shooting format:  SD PAL 576i / Aspect Ratio: 16:9 PAL / Languages: Greek, Arabic, English / Subtitles: Greek, English / Available Versions: Greek, English, International