| Director: | Soudade Kaadan |
|---|---|
| Production: | KAF Production (Amira Kaadan, Soudade Kaadan), Acrobates Film (Claire Lajoumard), Metaphora Production |
| Running Time: | 94’ |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Country: | Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar |
| Main Cast: | Sawsan Arsheed, Reham Al Kassar, Samer Ismael, Oweiss Moukhallalati, Ahmad Morhaf Al Ali |
| Screenplay: | Soudade Kaadan |
| Cinematographer: | Eric Devin |
| Editor: | Pierre Deschamps, Soudade Kaadan |
| Costume Designer: | Rime Al Jaber |
| Music: | Kinan Azmeh |
| Sound: | Rayan Obeidine |
| Visual Effects: | Fadi Baki, Kristine Baz |
Cinema
Yom Adaatou Zouli (The Day I Lost My Shadow)
Orizzonti
Synopsis
Syria, 2012. During the coldest winter the country has witnessed, all Sana dreams of is cooking gas to prepare a meal for her son. She takes a day off from her job to search for a gas cylinder and suddenly finds herself stuck in the besieged area. It is then that she discovers that people lose their shadows during the war.
Director’s Statement
This film was written in a country where tomorrow is an unimaginable thought. What is tomorrow if you are living under constant bombing? Alternating between the relief to be missed by the falling missiles and the grief imagining it fell on someone else. That’s why the film doesn’t try to predict or talk about the future. It limits itself in three days of Sana’s life, in a precise moment of Damascus history. The film alternates between different levels: reality, dreams, illusions and hyperrealist universe. In this film, I have showed how losing a shadow is a traumatizing experience that is reflected through a magical realism concept.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: KAF Production
Beirut, Lebanon
a.kaadan@kafproduction.com
Tel. + 961 (0) 76034782
a.kaadan@kafproduction.com
PRODUCTION 2: Acrobates Films
49 rue des poissonniers
75018 - Paris, France
info@acrobatesfilms.fr
Tel.+33 (0) 610328607
Facebook : Acrobates Films
PRODUCTION 3: Metaphora Production WLL
60 Aldafna- Alfardan tower L19
83040 – Doha, Qatar
info@kafproduction.com
Tel. +96 (0) 176034782
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