SARDINE’S TRYING TO FLY | 2019
In Syria, every ten minutes, a person dies because of the war. What if one of the deceased came back to life? "Who decides if you were alive or not?" which is an existential question that haunts the mind of school teacher, Firass Muhammad, who surprises everybody with his return to life, after three years of being declared dead, and he starts his journey to recover his identity. But, the law requires Firass to return the compensation, which was paid to his family after his death. In order to be able to retrieve his life, his identity and his job, he has to deal with the law. Searching for an identity of its own, the film shifts between Narration and documenting, to confront us with the question: "is this real, or a mere simulation"?!
SARDINE'S TRYING TO FLY | 2019
Scenario and Direction by:
Simon Safieh
Performers:
Muhammad Abd-Allah Ali, Nader Abd Al-Hai, Muhsen Abbas, Nancy Khoury, Ward Haider, Nour Ghanem and Rami Al-Khatib
Filming by:
Simon Safieh, Ward Haider and Mahran Youssef
Editor:
Ibrahim Hisham Melhem
Coloring by:
Ali Al-Mouathen
Megaphone Design by:
Zaher Qusaibaty
Soundtrack Music by:
Samer Al-Noaimi
Poster Desigh by:
Ibrahim Hisham Melhem
Advertising Material Design by:
Rawan Tarabieh
Assistant manager and Public Relations:
Ali Al-Kanj
Poor Film’s Team:
Bashar Majdalawi
Jaffar Al-Murie
Ammar Al-Beash
Hiyam Oubaid
Firass Muhammad
Production by: Poor Film, 2019
Date of Production: 2019
Film’s Language: Arabic
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