Private Project

Taking Them Home

One man is charged with the duty of taking his parents back to their home country of Egypt when everything starts to go wrong.

  • Mario DeAngelis
    Director
    Friend Request, Cyber Cobras
  • Mario DeAngelis
    Producer
  • Adam Tageldin
    Key Cast
    Passionate Living With Adam
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 29 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 8, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Egypt, France, United States
  • Language:
    Arabic, English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Spotlight Documentary Film Festival

    Australia
    Spotlight Silver Award
Distribution Information
  • Salty Horror Productions
Director Biography - Mario DeAngelis

Mario DeAngelis has been making documentaries since 2005 when he started with a trilogy of feature-length documentaries about peoples obsession with free stuff at conventions or SWAG. In 2017 he embarked on a journey with Adam Tageldin when Adam asked Mario to document him taking his parents back to Cairo, their native land. All of Mario's documentary journeys and skills learned through gaining a journalism BA degree has brought him to the moment of such a challenging film project.

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Director Statement

This documentary chronicles the very intimate look at one man's journey with his parents and sometimes on adventures, things do not go as according to plan.