THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW
synopsis
It is winter in Damascus (Syria). Sana is leaving alone with her son (8 years old), her husband is working in Saudi Arabia. There is no more gas to cook neither to warm the house. Sana takes a day off to find a gas cylinder. From then begins a trip in the surroundings of Damas where she is going to be brutally confronted to the war effects.
international title: | The Day I Lost My Shadow |
original title: | Yom Adaatou Zouli |
country: | Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar |
sales agent: | Stray Dogs |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Soudade Kaadan |
film run: | 94' |
screenplay: | Soudade Kaadan |
cast: | Sawsan Arshid, Reham Al Kassar, Samer Ismael, Oweiss Moukhallalati, Ahmad Morhaf Al Ali |
cinematography by: | Eric Devin |
film editing: | Pierre Deschamps, Soudade Kaadan |
art director: | Maia Al Khoury |
costumes designer: | Rime Al-Jabr |
music: | Kinan Azmeh |
producer: | Amira Kaadan, Soudade Kaadan, Claire Lajoumard |
production: | Acrobates Films, KAF Production (LB), Metaphora Production WLL (QA) |
backing: | Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (FR), Doha Film Institute (QA), HBF+Europe Minority Fund, Arab Human Rights Fund, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Prince Claus Grant, SANAD, Asian Cinema Fund |