  Under The Bombs (Dvd)Under The Bombs (Dvd)
UPC Number: 616892974420
Actors: Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz
Directors: Philippe Aractingi
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: Arabic
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Film Movement
Release date: May 5, 2009
Run time: 98 minutes
Product Description
During a cease-fire in the Lebanon-Israel conflict of 2006, a Christian taxi driver brings an untraditional Shiite woman from Beirut to the heart of the conflict in the country s south. While they scour the rubble of local towns for her son, who was sent to live with her traditional family while she was staying with her husband in Dubai, they discover that despite their very different backgrounds they have much in common. And during their trip through the desolate countryside, the two travelers develop a deep bond as a response to the death striking all around them. The film was shot entirely on location during the summer of 2006, in the middle of the ruins of war-torn Lebanon. Aractingi only hired two professional actors, the rest are real refugees, journalists, soldiers, etc..., playing themselves. WINNER Altre Visioni and Human Rights Film Award Venice Film Festival WINNER Golden Pony Award, Best Actress Dubai Intl Film Festival WINNER The Critics Award Eurasia Film Festival WINNER Grand Jury Prize Namur Intl Francophone Film Festival NOMINATED Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Seattle Intl Film Festival, Stockholm Intl Film Festival, Amiens Intl Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film Festival
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