Ours Is a Country Of Words

(العربية) ماثياس بوب

 

Synopsis

Ours is a Country of words is filmed in Shatila, a refugee camp established in Lebanon when thousands of Palestinians were forced to flee their country in 1948. The story begins at an undetermined moment in the future, when the dream of the Palestinian refugees to go back to Palestine becomes a reality. The film balances a thin line between fiction and documentary, between dream and reality. Families are preparing for their fictional return as it slowly becomes clear that this dream is far removed from their daily life in the camp. Through the words they use as actors to talk about the dream of returning to their homeland, we come to a deeper understanding of what it means to them to live in exile.

Cast:

Jamal Hendawi

Mohammad Abbas

Mohammad Zayat

Naim Abbas

Mohammad Hassan

Mona Hendawi

Farah Hendawi

Hanan Hendawi

Omran Kablawi

Jihad Hendawi

Nidal Hendawi

Sultane El Hasan

Nader Saed

Wassim Saed

Ahmad Al-Jomaa

Hussein Deeb

Bassem Dawood

Mohamed Al Hag

Abd Al Moien

Mohammad Mhawesh

Ahmad El Faty

Hanaa Kablawi

Diala Hendawi

Shaymaa Abbas

Amina Bekri Sha

Ahmad Abed Al Rahman

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