Samouni Road

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Samouni Road (La strada dei Samouni)

Samouni Road (La strada dei Samouni)

Samouni Road (La strada dei Samouni)

original title:

La strada dei Samouni

directed by:

cinematography:

animation:

editing:

Luc Forveille

producer:

production:

Picofilms, Dugong Films, Alter Ego Production, Arte, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Eurimages, CNC, Ciclic, Regione Marche, Île de France, Cineteca di Bologna, Regione Lazio, Luca Rossi per Produttori Associati e Fondazione Piano Terra Onlus, Trentino Film Commission, Marche Film Commission

country:

France/Italy

year:

2018

film run:

128'

format:

colour & b/w

release date:

08/10/2018

festivals & awards:

In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It’s going to be the first celebration since the last war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and their cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors’ recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.