Still from All This VIctory
All This Victory
+ Q&A with Ahmad Ghossein | 2019 | total Running time: 93m | book ticketsLebanon, July 2006. War is raging between Hezbollah and Israel. During a 24h ceasefire, Marwan heads out in search of his father who refused to leave his Southern village and leaves his wife Rana preparing alone their immigration to Canada. Marwan finds no traces of his father and the ceasefire is quickly broken, forcing him to take shelter in Najib's house, his father's friend. Marwan finds himself trapped under the rain of bombs with Najib and a group of elders, friends of his father. Tension rises inside and outside of the house. Suddenly, a group of Israeli soldiers enter the first floor. The next three days sees the situation spiral out of control.
Followed by an online Q&A with the director.
Director: Ahmad Ghossein
year of release: 2019
original languages: Arabic w/ English subtitles
Place of production: Lebanon, France, Qatar
AGE rating: 18+This Q&A is moderated by Wassim Mroue
Dr. Wassim Mroue is a Lebanese Associate Fellow at the University of Edinburgh’s Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World. He specializes in Middle East politics, with a focus on intra-communal political dynamics. Dr. Mroue completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Alwaleed Centre and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh. Before that, he earned a PhD in politics from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to starting his PhD, Dr. Mroue was the national editor of Lebanon’s The Daily Star newspaper.
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