original title:
La strada dei Samouni
directed by:
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
Luc Forveille
music:
producer:
Penelope Bortoluzzi, Marco Alessi, Cécile Lestrade
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
distribution:
world sales:
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.