IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS
2024 Films
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20m
ET SI LE SOLEIL PLONGEAIT DANS L'OCEAN DES NUES
France, Lebanon
Fiction
Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters – mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?
Written & directed by: Wissam Charaf
Produced by: Charlotte Vincent, Katia Khazak
Cinematography: Martin Rit
Editing: Romain Ozanne
Production Design: Sabine Sabbag
Costume Design: Ola Achkar
Original Score: The Incompetents
Sound: Romain Ozanne, Emmanuel Zouki
Cast: Raed Yassin (Raed), Rodrigue Sleiman (Firas), Said Serhan (Said), Hala Dabaji (photographer)
Production:
Shortcuts
www.shortcuts.pro
Selected at Cork International Film Festival
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