Sean McAllister
A profound, intimate and powerful story about hope, dreams, political struggle and despair, and the devastating effects of war on family, love and friendship.
2015 · 1h16m ·
Arabe, Français
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Filmed over 5 years, A SYRIAN LOVE STORY is an intimate family portrait charting an incredible odyssey to political freedom. For Amer and Raghda, this is a journey of hope, dreams and despair: for revolution and homeland, and for each other.
Amer met Raghda in a Syrian prison cell 15 years before the making of this film, when she was placed in a neighbouring cell, bloodied from a beating. They communicated through a tiny hole they had secretly made in the wall dividing them, falling in love over the months of their shared imprisonment.
The filming of A SYRIAN LOVE STORY began in 2009, in the thriving heart of the Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, prior to the wave of revolutions and changes wrought by the Arab Spring. At the time, Raghda was still a political prisoner under the Assad government, and Amer was caring for their young children alone.
Yet, when Raghda is released from prison, director Sean McAllister himself is arrested for filming, and the political pressure around all the activists intensifies. The family flees to Lebanon, and then to France where they are given political asylum in the sleepy town of Albi, where they watch the revolution from afar. But while Amer and Raghda begin a new life in France, it would seem that the war has come home, threatening their relationship and Raghda’s will to live.
Distribution Availability: Canada
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Festivals et prix
2017
Human Rights Watch Film Festival Toronto, Official Selection
2016
Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, Official Selection
2015
Sheffield Doc/Fest, Grand Jury Prize
2015
British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Nominated for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer
