Completed - ARABIC - Drama - 85 minutes
WAR IN DAMASCUS. TRAPPED INSIDE THEIR HOME, SHOULD A FAMILYSACRIFICE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS TO PROTECT THE OTHERS?
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Philippe VAN LEEUW Cast : Hiam ABBASS, Diamand ABOU ABBOUD, Juliette NAVIS Producer(s) : Guillaume MALANDRIN (Altitude 100), Serge ZEYTOUN
Trapped inside her house in a city under siege, Oum Yazan, mother of three, turned her flat into a safe harbor for her family and neighbors, trying to protect them from the war outside. When bombs threaten to destroy the building, when snipers turn the courtyards into deadly zones, and burglars break in to claim their dreadful bounties, maintaining the thin balance of routine inside the walls becomes a matter of life and death.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM, FRANCE, LEBANON
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Berlinale 2017 (audience award panorama)Toronto - TIFF 2017Cairo IFF 2017 (best actress)Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême 2017 (best actress)