Nabil Saleh

Nabil Saleh "PARADISE: Faith" marks the first time on camera for Egyptian Nabil Saleh. Raised in Alexandria, the globetrotter (who speaks six languages) has made Europe his home since 1972, living in Greece, Great Britain, France, Norway and Germany before settling in Austria in 1980. Nabil Saleh, who works in Vienna as a masseur, was discovered during the months-long casting process for "PARADISE: Faith."  For his role, he trained for months to use a wheelchair, working under the supervision of occupational therapists. But even more challenging for the non-professional actor were the scenes involving violence. He played a part in Seidl's stage play "Böse Buben/Fiese Männer" ("Bad Boys/Hideous Men"), based on texts of David Foster Wallace, a coproduction of the Wiener Festwochen and Münchner Kammerspiele (2012).

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