Completed - ARABIC - Drama - 93 minutes
Jordan, 1967. Some people follow the masses, others the sun. Tarek, 11, eccentric and unbounded, runs away from a refugee camp in this search for freedom. A journey of the human spirit that knows no borders.
Year of production : 2012 Director(s) : Annemarie JACIR Writer(s) : Annemarie JACIR Cast : Mahmoud ASFA, Ruba BLAL, Saleh BAKRI Producer(s) : Ossama BAWARDI (Lamma Shoftak LLC)
Jordan, 1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of thousands of refugees pour across the border from Palestine. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees. Placed in "temporary" refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives. When I Saw You is the story of people affected by the times around them, in search of something more in their lives. A journey full of adventure, love, humor, and the desire to be free, but most of all this is a story about that moment in a person's life when he wakes up and finds the whole world is open and everything is possible - that moment you feel most alive.
Country(ies) : PALESTINE, JORDAN
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Toronto - TIFF 2012 Contemporary World CinemaAbu Dhabi FF 2012 - New Horizons (Best Film from the Arab World)Sao Paulo IFF 2012 New Directors CompetitionCairo IFF 2012 - Arab Feature Film Int'l Comp. (Special Mention)Palm Spring IFF 2013 Best Foreign Language FilmBerlinale - Berlin IFF 2013 Forum