Sphinx Productions

Fences (Asswar)

ATV series, produced for MBC. SPHINX PRODUCTIONS is responsible for 4 sequels of the series that are filmed in Europe. Episodes x duration (of each): 30 x 45 minutes Language: Arabic, German and English Production year: 2006 Genre: Drama Overall duration: 22 hours Production locations: Gulf Area, Europe

Episodes x duration (of each): 30 x 45 minutes
Production year: 2006
Genre: Drama
Overall duration: 22 hours

Producer: Ahmed Radwan

Synopsis

This bold drama marks the first time that television viewers in the Gulf countries will be exposed to such social taboos as adultery, domestic violence and alcoholism in a TV production. After spending his

honeymoon in Europe, the protagonist, Zyad, returns to the Gulf with his wife. When his wife dies a year later, Zyad is convinced that he accidentally killed her in a fit of drunken rage, and he decides to flee to

Europe. There, in a small rural town outside of Vienna, Zyad manages to find refuge with a Catholic countrywoman and her daughter, and in return helps out on their farm.