After more than a decade, Farah returns to her hometown Tripoli in Lebanon to live with her widowed aging father, Mustapha. Their generational differences often lead to clashing perspectives on the country’s political instability, making it difficult to communicate with each other. As Mustapha’s health deteriorates and the October 2019 revolution erupts nationwide, poetry becomes their chance for one last conversation.
Cinematography Tebbe Schöningh
Editing Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen
Screenplay Farah Kassem
Production Cynthia Choucair, Farah Kassem, Patricia Drati
Sound Joelle Abou Chabké, Cedric Kayem
Music Jon Sensmeier
AUDIO: Arabic
SUBTITLE: Romanian, English
05
April,
Saturday
Cinema Union
6:00 PM
180'
Followed by Q&A with the director
Farah Kassem
Farah Kassem
Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, Farah Kassem graduated from ALBA University in Audiovisual Studies and completed an MFA in Documentary Filmmaking at DocNomads. Her films have been screened at festivals such as Visions du Réel, Warsaw Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, and many others.
Filmography: You Make a Better Window Than You Do a Door (2017) / Nettoyer Schaerbeek (2017) / My Father Looks Like Abdel Nasser (2012)