EMIRATI MOVIE British actor Jefferson Hall (House of the Dragons, Oppenheimer) will soon appear on screen in Emirati director Nayla Al Khajas psychological thriller Three, about a young boy who appears to be possessed.
Al Khaja who is known for standout shorts including horror film The Shadow and Animal that both play on Netflix has just wrapped the independently-produced Three, her debut feature, which was shot in Thailand.
Besides, Hall, Three also stars Faten Ahmed; Noura Alabed (Wiladah veteran U.A.E. actor Mari Al Halyan (On Borrowed Time Mohannad Bin Huthail (Rashash) and emerging Emirati talent Saud Alzarooni.
Three marks a rare case of a drama in which a Brit becomes enmeshed with the core of an Emirati family. The film unfolds in an unspecified modern-day Middle Eastern city, where a young boy named Ahmed begins exhibiting strange behavior, eventually leading his mother Maryam, to believe he is possessed. As the plot thickens, Maryam races against the clock, seeking help from a Western doctor, other medical professionals, and ultimately an infamous exorcist.