It is present, from the beginning of the film, even before the first images appear. A mysterious man apparently suffering from memory loss is reluctantly taken in by a group of people whod rather remain under the radar in the valley alwadi, the latest film from lebanese avantgarde director ghassan salhab phantom beirut, the mountain. He came back to lebanon after an encounter with the director ghassan salhab, acting in three of his movies. Ghassan salhab was born on may 4, 1958 in dakar, senegal. Berlin international film festival official website. The award was handed by christian jeune, the head of cannes film festivals film office no less and honored lama sawaya sound designer, rana eid sound supervisor and my work on the sound and music in the valley, the feature film directed by ghassan salhab. After surviving a car crash in the middle of lebanons isolated beqaa valley, an amnesiac man finds himself held hostage on a local farm that doubles as an illegal drugproduction facility. It was selected to be screened in the contemporary. At once concrete and otherworldly, with a powerful soundtrack and images of great intensity, the film shows a set of melancholy existences on the. The valley is intended to shake up parents into examining their older childrens behavior for signs of anxiety and depression and to take stock of how they might be unintentionally contributing to the pressure. In a state of shock and bleeding, he wanders until he comes across a car that has broken down and helps its four passengers to fix it. The film the valley 2014, by lebanese director ghassan salhab, opens dramatically. Ghassan salhab, meilleur realisateur du monde arabe l.
Wandering aimlessly after losing his memory in a car accident, a man is taken in by the inhabitants of a farm in the beqaa valley in lebanon, whose secret business is the drugs they manufacture in a laboratory on the closely guarded property. Suddenly, a war seems to explode in the distance, fighter planes crisscross the sky. Jun 08, 2018 this teen suicide drama isnt so much good and not that effective. Right past the pay booth as you walk in, the whole front section on the as you look at the stage is ours. With carol abboud, fadi abi samra, mounzer baalbaki, carlos chahine. The valley screening followed by a debate with ghassan. Sep 01, 2014 from its enigmatic opening sequence in lebanons bekaa valley a car veering off the road, a man stumbling along, bleeding from an open wound ghassan salhabs masterfully directed huis clos. The schortcut core team is composed of the same team of abbout productions which pro duced some of the best lebanese films such as, to name its most recent title, tramontane by vatche boulghourjian, the first lebanese feature film competing in the prestigious critics week selection of cannes international film festival 2016. As the man heads to his car to leave the place, the woman disappears somewhere below. The mountain a feature film by ghassan salhab 2010 ginger beirut s. For a better experience on mubi, update your browser.
They are reluctant to leave him stranded, so they take him home to their large estate in the bekaa valley, a place where production is. The film was shot on a vine farm in al beqaa region on the border with syria. We got the award for best sound and music at the nuit des mabrouk. It revolves around a younger woman and older man whose lunch in a mountain restaurant is disrupted. It was selected to be screened in the contemporary world cinema sectio n at the 2014 toronto international film festival and received its world premiere on 4 september 2014. In november, lebanese director ghassan salhab was busy with his crew, filming the valley, the second film in his triptych inspired by long suffering in lebanons modern history, which he compares. It was filmed silent on a super 8 camera and was shown on the childrens television show spot on. From its enigmatic opening sequence in lebanons bekaa valley a car veering off the road, a man stumbling along, bleeding from an open wound ghassan salhabs. The threat is present, with the bloodied man without a past, of whom we know nothing, and who knows nothing. The last man, 1958, the mountain, and the valley all films have been selected in various international film festivals. After surviving a car crash in the middle of lebanons isolated beqaa valley, an amnesiac.
Pages in category films directed by ghassan salhab the following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. After a series of roadside accidents, an amnesiac man is reluctantly taken in by a secretive group living in the bekaa valley, on lebanons border with syria. Into the valley is an electronic music festival inside a former limestone quarry in estonia. A young woman and a man meet for lunch in a restaurant located in the midst of a mountainous landscape in lebanon. Cast carole abboud, fadi abi samra, mounzer baalbaki, carlos chahine, yumna marwan, aouni kawas, rodrigue sleiman, ahmad ghossein abbout productions georges schoucair les films dici serge. As far as yearning mohamed soueid, ghassan salhab, 2017. Ghassan salhab is a lebanese screenwriter and film director. Wandering aimlessly after losing his memory in a car accident, a man is taken in by the inhabitants of a farm in the beqaa valley in lebanon. They are reluctant to leave him stranded, so they take him home to their large estate in the bekaa valley, a place where production is not only agricultural, and a place he may never leave again.
Acclaimed lebanese filmmaker ghassan salhab s 2014 film the valley, which was awarded best arab director at the dubai film festival 2014. Ghassan salhab lebanon in addition to making his own films and video works, ghassan salhab collaborates on various scenarios, and teaches film in lebanon. On a mountainous road in lebanon, a man clambers to his feet after a car accident. Produced by abbout productions and distributed by mc distribution, the valley is now showing at metropolis empire sofil. There is always a private, intimate, tensely quiet world and a greater, louder, more chaotic world reeling just outside. This is the second in a proposed trilogy from lebanese writerdirector ghassan salhab, the first film being 2010s the mountain. The plot follows a distraught father as he searches for answers after his collegeage daughters suicide. In 2008 he wrote, directed and acted in the north road, his first short film that won several international awards. Atop the high mountains he closed his eyes, blocking out a light that had traversed thousands of. Cast carole abboud, fadi abi samra, mounzer baalbaki, carlos chahine, yumna marwan, aouni kawas producers.
Ghassan salhab lebanon 2014 summary credits press documents. Ausfuhrliche filmbeschreibung worum geht es bei the valley. He has amnesia and the group looks after him, taking him to a. Set amidst this awesome backdrop, the festival combines cutting edge electronic music with a spectacularly unique location. Beyrouth fantome, terra incognita, the last man, 1958, the mountain, and the valley all films have been selected in various international film festivals in addition to numerous essays, and different video works, including posthumous, chinese ink, son image, and recently le voyage immobile. Since then she has taken up roles with directors from all over the arab world. Ghassan salhab and mohamed soueid are embracing a sense of survival. Ghassan salhab, par monts et par vaux page realisee par.
The film shows a fiction about a soldier and archive footage mixed with narrations that seek to make sense of a date. Advisory board the institute of visual communication. Ghassan salhab s films include terra incognita, phantom beirut, phantom beirut. He is a director and writer, known for alwadi 2014, ashbah beyrouth 1998 and terra incognita 2002. In 2012, he published his first anthology, fragments du livre du naufrage. Abbout productions produces feature films and documentaries and supports arabic language movies with a distinctly arab voice, expressing the identity of the region. This film is a sixth sense they nurtured in a world that has become faceless. In addition to making his own films, he collaborates on screenplays and also teaches film in lebanon. Credits director ghassan salhab screenwriter ghassan salhab producer georges schoucair about the director.
Drenched in blood, he continues to walk abring the deserted path. Berlinale archive annual archives 2019 programme une. The valley tells its story through a series of palimpsests. Drenched in blood, he continues to walk along the deserted path. Dec 08, 2017 panoptic, the ambitious documentary debut of lebanese sound designer rana eid, arrives at its dubai competition berth after a world premiere at the 2017 locarno film festival and a first. She spent her childhood in beirut and her teenage years in ames, iowa. The valley is a 1976 short film made by a then fifteenyearold peter jackson with his friends. Soraya who is a tourist guide, travelling all over the country, looking for the remains of past civilizations, which sometimes merge with those of recent wars. Ghassan salhab filmes, biografias e listas no mubi.
Suddenly the sky darkens, followed by rumbling sounds. A special screening will be held at cinema metropolisempire sofil followed by a debate moderated by rima mismar programme manager at the arab fund for arts and culture with dir. It was selected to be screened in the contemporary world cinema section at the 2014 toronto international film festival and received its world premiere on 4 september 2014. After all is said and done, the movie screenings finished, the red carpets rolled away and the party venues dismantled, what should a film festival leave a cinema lover with. Aala kad al shawk le voyage immobile as far as yearning. In ghassan salhabs the valley 2014, an amnesiac finds himself among a hermit group of individuals practicing a form of communal living, in a lone house set in a vast and sparse landscape. Ghassan salhab feature narrative lebanon, france, germany, qatar, united. Further down the road, he encounters people with engine trouble and helps them get their car running again. The group members, who are revealed to be producing drugs in the compound, are suspicious of this man without a pastthough they themselves have. The valley is a 2014 lebanese drama film written and directed by ghassan salhab. In the valley, the threat unfolds on several levels before exploding. After the mountain, the second part of the triptych. Berlinale archive annual archives 2015 programme alwadi. The valley awarded best sound and music cynthia zaven.
Beyrouth fantome, terra incognita, the last man, 1958, the mountain, and the valley all films have been selected in various international film festivals. Carlos chahine, fadi abi samra, carole abboud, aouni kawas, mounzer baalbaki. She took part in her first feature film the valley by writerdirector ghassan salhab in 20. Abbout productions georges schoucair les films dici serge lalou una film. They are projects that open the door to cultures unknown, give voice to the unheard and help build that bridge across. In addition to making his own films, he collaborates on various scenarios and teaches film in lebanon. Beirut 081102, bozar wants to draw the attention of the brussels general public to the representation of the city of beirut and lebanon in works by two lebanese authors.
He just finished the shooting of the river in addition to numerous essays, and different video works. They includethe river, the latest film from lebanese filmmaker ghassan salhab after his welltravelled, awardingwinning dramas the valley and the mountain. Lebanon, officially known as the lebanese republic, is a country in western asia that is part of the arab league. The valley tells the story of an anonymous character who arrives into a community without knowing who he is or why he lost his memory. A work of shadowy implosion, the stark and largely silent narrative of lebanese director ghassan salhab s fifth film is certain to captivate some audience members and infuriate others. They are reluctant to leave him stranded, so they take. Pairing up with acclaimed lebanese director ghassan salhab to work on his fifth feature film, the valley 2014, the council was allowed to combine its passion for visual effects with our geeky interest in watching bugs be bugs, snakes writhe in excruciating pain, and tanks exploding in pain too. You pay at the front, then when you walk in, we are right there. It was strongly influenced by the films of ray harryhausen. Oct 31, 2014 projects like theeb, ghassan salhab s the valley, shawkat amin korkis memories on stone and even the languid sounds of the sea by emirati filmmaker nujoom al ghanem all present the future of cinema, in and from the arab world. A threat to himself, but also to the people whom he helps nonetheless. Yumna marwan is a film and tv actress and aspiring director born in lebanon.
Myriam sassine festival director maskoon fantastic film. Screendaily doha film institute moves qumra online. The valley is a 2017 american drama film written and directed by saila kariat and starring alyy khan, suchitra pillai, jake t. The workshops aim was to assist emerging regional directors who are currently preparing their first, second, or third featurelength narrative or documentary film, and encourage them to think ahead about the. I presented 4 different extracts from films i worked on showing the different ways to approach film scoring, depending on each story. The award was handed by christian jeune, the head of cannes film festivals film office no less and honored lama sawaya sound designer, rana eid sound supervisor and my work on the sound and music in the valley.
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