original title:
Quando non puoi tornare indietro
directed by:
cast:
Obaida Hanteer, Matteo Tanganelli, Dina Madi, Zoheir Hanteer, Aysha Bakkor, Taim Hanteer, Abdullah Hanteer, Mahmoud Hanteer, Kotaiba Hanteer, Ayat Mohtadi, Eleonora Munaretto, Luisa Saveri, Beatrice Munaretto, Daniele Munaretto Veronica Rivolta, Luca Becchetti, Massimo Mecella
cinematography:
editing:
music:
Khebez Dawle, Dina Madi, Tamikrest, Layer, Nour Amora & Simon Ask
producer:
production:
country:
Italy
year:
2019
film run:
63'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (31/07/2018)
festivals & awards:
Among the passengers at Fiumicino airport, there’s Obaida, a bright engineering student who miraculously arrives in Rome thanks to a scholarship. He used to dream of becoming a singer but the war changed his priorities. Obaida is on his own, his family remained in Syria. When everything is lost, starting over seems impossible. But life never ceases to surprise Obaida: He will sing at “The Voice”, he will graduate with honors and his path will cross other lives and stories. Though he looks lost at the airport arrivals, Obaida seems to know where to go despite not knowing the way. With his extraordinary story and his courageous example, Obaida offers the spectator a different perspective on Syria in its war years, allowing us to know the Syrian culture regardless of the tragic state it is currently in.