https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/777
A funny and penetrating portrait of modern-day Lebanon, in the form of an animated photo story! Beirut, 2006, shortly after the Israeli attack. A Lebanese director arrives at the censorship office to submit footage from a film she has just made, loosely based on Ettore Scola’sA Special Day. She shows the censor images of demonstrations, and a series of black-and-white shots of a meeting between two solitary beings: Lina, a housewife overwhelmed by her family, social and...
Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
- Français
- Ages 9-Post Secondary
- ≈ 1 hour 30 minutes · No intermission
A funny and penetrating portrait of modern-day Lebanon, in the form of an animated photo story!
Beirut, 2006, shortly after the Israeli attack. A Lebanese director arrives at the censorship office to submit footage from a film she has just made, loosely based on Ettore Scola’sA Special Day. She shows the censor images of demonstrations, and a series of black-and-white shots of a meeting between two solitary beings: Lina, a housewife overwhelmed by her family, social and religious responsibilities, and Rabih, a former left-wing activist now living on the social and political fringes of present-day Lebanon. But there’s a twist: the censor and the director play the lead roles in the film!
Moral
Marginalization requires a lot of attention
And a little complacency.
Is it possible that sooner or later It will be rewarded?
Diamonds and doubloons
Speak louder than words,
And even though enlightened ideas
Are worth a great deal more,
So far they have been seriously undervalued.
