Completed - CROATIAN, ITALIAN, PASHTU, HAZARAGI - Drama - 102 minutes
In the middle of the night, a mobile phone rings. It’s the sign: Ismail awaits until the third ring, then he goes to a call centre to call back. Far, from Afghanistan, a man answers: he claims to be an uncle and hands the phone to a woman. She is Ismail’s mother, but she denies to know him.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Costanza QUATRIGLIO Writer(s) : Costanza QUATRIGLIO , Doriana LEONDEFF, Mohammad JAN AZAD Cast : Basir AHANG , Dawood YOUSEFI, Tihana LAZOVIC Producer(s) : Andrea PARIS (Ascent Film), Matteo ROVERE (Ascent Film), Danijel PEK (Antitalent), Ivy VANHAECKE (Caviar Film)
In the middle of the night, a mobile phone rings. It’s the sign: Ismail awaits until the third ring, then he goes to a call centre to call back. Far, from Afghanistan, a man answers: he claims to be an uncle and hands the phone to a woman. She is Ismail’s mother, who denies to know him. She doesn’t have any news from her son since he was a little boy run away with his older brother from civil wars and Talibans. The woman made her children leave the country on their own, afraid they could get killed. Further the recognition that happens after many secret phone calls, Ismail’s mother disappears.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM, CROATIA, ITALY