“Ain-Bal, our childhood village, counts 70 inhabitants today, but had 4000 a few decades ago. Since then, this village spends most of his time hoping, screaming the names of those who left, and waiting for their return. 4 of those 70 villagers talk about passing time, each of them suffering from some kind of absence.
This poetic documentary illustrate the slow passage of time in Ain-Bal, a Lebanese village submerging the memories of the past with a slumbering present.
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un film de Omar Shami - Histoire“Ain-Bal, our childhood village, counts 70 inhabitants today, but had 4000 a few decades ago. Since then, this village spends most of his time hoping, screaming the names of those who left, and waiting for their return. 4 of those 70 villagers talk about passing time, each of them suffering from some kind of absence.
This poetic documentary illustrate the slow passage of time in Ain-Bal, a Lebanese village submerging the memories of the past with a slumbering present.
“Ain-Bal, our childhood village, counts 70 inhabitants today, but had 4000 a few decades ago. Since then, this village spends most of his time hoping, screaming the names of those who left, and waiting for their return. 4 of those 70 villagers talk about passing time, each of them suffering from some kind of absence.
This poetic documentary illustrate the slow passage of time in Ain-Bal, a Lebanese village submerging the memories of the past with a slumbering present.
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Data sheet
- Directed by
- Omar Shami
- Year
- 2016
- Genre
- Histoire
- Author
- Ola & Omar Shami
- Producer
- Serge Lalou
- Co-producers
- Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée - Les Films d'Ici 2 - Betterfly Pictures - France Télévisions
- Partners
- CNC, Région Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée en partenariat avec le Centre National de la Cinématographie, TV Sud Montpellier, TFI Documentary Fund’s TFI Award, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
- Format
- HD
- Manager of production
- Elodie Dombre
- Langue
- Arabe
- Available version
- Arabe sous-titré français
- Length
- 58'-72'
Panel Tool
Yes
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