Completed - ARABIC - Road movie, First film - 83 minutes
Radi, who leads a reclusive life in his own van, finds himself on a road trip with three strangers thatalters his clockwork and very private lifestyle.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Rifiqi ASSAF Writer(s) : Rifiqi ASSAF Cast : Ashraf BARHOUM, Fatena LAYLA, Mazen MOUDAM Producer(s) : Rula NASSER (The Imaginarium films ), Mohammad HEFZY (Film Clinic), Xénia MAINGOT (EAUX VIVES PRODUCTIONS)
One night, Radi, who leads a reclusive life in his own van- a VW microbus, hears a shrilling scream in the distance. Despite hisfears of others, he challenges himself by switching on the lights of his home. With the seemingly trivial switching on of a light,he finds himself on a road trip that alters his clockwork and very private lifestyle.Starting with the sheltering of the screaming woman, Laila, a recently divorced Palestinian/Syrian traveling back to Damascus,the adventure continues and eventually introduces two others into Radi’s mobile home. Sami, after escaping Lebanon duringthe Lebanon war of 2006, the Lebanese artist is found struggling on the side of a road, after which his car broke down. Thesecond character, a mysterious Jordanian policeman, who asks many questions all the way long. All characters encompassvariance degrees of experience, pain, fear and a hopeful outlook on change. Within this journey, they come to realize they sharemuch more than they would have ever thought likely. On the road, challenging and self-reflective events provoke the individualsin enlightening self-revolutionary ways where the thin line between reality and illusion fades away
Country(ies) : JORDAN, FRANCE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, EGYPT
San Francisco 2016Dubai DIFF 2016