THE TRANSLATOR
synopsis
In 2000, Sami was the Arabic-English translator for the Syrian Olympic team in Sydney, Australia. A slip of the tongue forced him to stay in Australia and live in exile as a political refugee. In 2011, when the Syrian revolution starts and his brother is arrested, Sami risks everything to return to Syria to find him.
international title: | The Translator |
original title: | Almutarajim |
country: | Syria, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Qatar |
sales agent: | Charades |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | CH 29/09/2021, FR 13/10/2021 |
screenplay: | Rana Kazkaz, Magali Negroni |
cast: | Ziad Bakri, Yumna Marwan, David Field, Sawsan Arshid, Miranda Tapsell, Fares Al-Helou, Reem Ali, Rami Farah, Zayd Khalaf, Ramzi Maqdisi |
cinematography by: | Eric Devin |
film editing: | Monique Dartonne |
art director: | Catherine Cosme |
music: | Thomas Couzinier, Frédéric Kooshmanian |
producer: | Raphaël Alexandre, Nicolas Leprêtre, Anas Khalaf |
co-producer: | Francine Lusser, Gérard Monier, Patrick Quinet |
executive producer: | Sawsan Asfari, Kelly Aisthorpe Waller, John Waller, Ted Reilly, Ossama Bawardi, Brian Cobb, Mahveen Shahraki |
line producer: | Ossama Bawardi, Mahveen Shahraki |
production: | Georges Films, Tipi'mages Productions sàrl, Artémis Productions, ARTE France Cinéma, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, Alba Films, Syneastes Films (SY) |
backing: | Doha Film Institute (QA), CNC (FR), Chicago Media Angels (US), Cocoon Films (CH), Arte France (FR), Philistine Films (PS), Brazen Lot (UK), Féderal Office of Culture (FOC) (CH), Cinéforom (CH), Loterie Romande (CH), TaxShelter.BE (BE), ING (BE), Proximus (BE) |
distributor: | Agora Films, Alba Films |