Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage
Wissam Charaf / Feature Narrative / France, Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / 90 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis
Roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, Ahmed, a Syrian refugee with hundreds of shrapnel wounds in his body, thought he’d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian domestic. But in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Mehdia is having a hard time. Old Ibrahim, her employer who she looks after, is going insane. His wife, Leila, can no longer cope and daily life in the house becomes a ridiculously absurd dialogue of the deaf. And when Leila’s son, Fadi, arrives to visit his parents, things get even worse. Mehdia decides to run away with Ahmed, and so begins an adventure that will take Ahmed and Mehdia to the Eastern border where Ahmed’s family has taken refuge. But meanwhile, Ahmed’s right arm slowly turns black, hard and metallic.
Credits
- Director
- Wissam Charaf
- Screenwriter
- Wissam Charaf, Mariette Desert
- Producer
- Charlotte Vincent, Pierre Sarraf
- Production Company
- Aurora Films
About the Director
Wissam Charaf is a Lebanese/French director. From 2004 to 2018, he directed the shorts films 'Hizz Ya Wizz' (2004), 'An Army of Ants' (2007), 'After' (2016) and 'Unforgettable Memory of a Friend' (2018), selected in various film festivals such as Locarno, Rotterdam, and Clermont-Ferrand. In 2012, he directed his first documentary 'It's all in Lebanon' (2014), awarded by the Bronze Tanit for Best Documentary at Carthage Film Festival. In 2016, he directed his first feature film 'Heaven Sent' (2016), selected by ACID in Cannes which won, among others, the Grand prize at Tübingen Film festival.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Charlotte Vincent
- Company:
- Aurora Films
- Phone:
- +33 1 47 70 43 01
- Email:
- contact@aurorafilms.fr