|
Mon, Feb 9, 2009
at 8:45 PM
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
at 8:30 PM
Fri, Feb 13, 2009
at 6:45 PM
|
DIRECTOR: PHILIPPE ARACTINGI
LEBANON
During the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, which devastated Lebanon's infrastructure and civilian population, filmmaker Aractingi experienced firsthand the rocket attacks on Beirut. He shot footage of the destruction and chaos and then, following the ceasefire, filmed a fictitious narrative, a thriller about a Shiite woman searching for her missing son with the aid of a Christian cab driver. These combined elements form his engrossing docu-fiction road movie in which we see the reality of incredible destruction and devastating community trauma. Despite the context, Aractingi does not opt for political diatribe, but rather for an emotional, strikingly authentic cry against the pain and displacement of a society. This year's Lebanese submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. ( 98 min )
Filmography: Bosta (05).
^ Top
|
