Khiam
Film Information
Festival Edition 2001 - Edition 5
Section Documentary
Director Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Duration 52 min
Language Arabic
Category Lebanese Documentary Films 2001
Producer Khalil Joreige
Screenplay Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Cast RajaƩ Abou Hama, Kifah AffiƩ, Sonia Baydoun, Soha Bechara, Aif Hammoud, Neeman Nasrallah
Genre Documentary
Synopsis
Six detainees describe how they lived between the four walls of a tiny cell for 6 or 10 years. Deprived of the basic necessities, and forbidden to communicate, they managed to create secretly beautiful artifacts such as needles, flowers, and chess games. Rather than being a political condemnation, this documentary attempts a metaphysical reflection on man's willpower and his wish to live. It is also a work that questions representation and its limits. How to relate the experience of detention?