DUBAI: The Saudi film “Esaaf” (“Ambulance”) debuted on Netflix this week.
Set in Riyadh, the action-comedy follows Lina, an Egyptian woman living in the city, played by Egyptian actress Basma Dawood.
Her life takes a chaotic turn when she crosses paths with two paramedics, Omar (Saudi actor and stand-up comedian Ibrahim Al-Hajjaj) and Khaled (Mohammed Al-Qahtani), who find themselves in way over their heads after getting entangled in an unexpected kidnapping plot.
Directed by British filmmaker Colin Teague, the film also stars Hassan Al-Asiri, Faisal Al-Doukhi, Ahmed Fahmy, Latifa Al-Mogren, Fahad Al-Butairi, Nermin Mohsen, Mahdi Al-Nasser and Banderita.
The movie is written by Alberto Lopez and produced by Al-Hajjaj’s House of Comedy, Saudi producer Talal Anazi’s Black Light Operations and former MBC Studios chief Peter Smith, in tandem with Saudi Media Company.
