WHEN I SAW YOU
synopsis
1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of thousands of refugees pour across the border from Palestine. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees. Placed in "temporary" refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives.
international title: | When I Saw You |
original title: | Lamma shoftak |
country: | Palestine, Jordan, Greece, United Arab Emirates |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Annemarie Jacir |
film run: | 96' |
release date: | UK 15/04/2013, CH 12/06/2013, JO 13/06/2013, LB 15/018/2013 |
screenplay: | Annemarie Jacir |
cast: | Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Anas Algaralleh, Ali Elayan, Ruba Shamshoum, Ahmad Srour |
cinematography by: | Hélène Louvart |
film editing: | Annemarie Jacir, Panos Voutsaràs |
art director: | Hussein Baydoun |
costumes designer: | Hamada Atallah |
producer: | Ossama Bawardi |
co-producer: | Tariq Al Ghussein, Sawsan Asfari, Maya Sanbar, Rami Yasin |
production: | Faliro House Productions, Philistine Films/jordan |
backing: | Global Film Initiative, Visions Sud Est |
distributor: | Trigon Film, New Wave Films |