72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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LAYALI BALA NOOM / SLEEPLESS NIGHTS / SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

Eliane Raheb
LEBANON-DUBAI-QATAR-PALESTINE-FRANCE
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Winner of the Cinema in Motion Award at last year's San Sebastian Festival. Through the stories of Assaad Shaftari, an ex high rank leader in a Christian militia, responsible for many killings during the Lebanese Civil War, and Maryam Saiidi, a mother of a kidnapped young fighter, this documentary by Eliane Raheb looks closely at war wounds and asks if redemption and forgiveness are possible.  

Director
Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)
Screenplay
Nizar Hassan
Production
Itar Productions (Lebanon)
Nizar Hassan
Photography
Jocelyne Abi Gebrayel, Meyyar Al Roumi
Edition
Nizar Hassan, Eliane Raheb
Running Time
128 m.
Country
LEBANON-DUBAI-QATAR-PALESTINE-FRANCE
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