A spacious apartment in Syria’s war zone becomes a refuge for the housewife of this household, her children, the boyfriend of one of her daughters, her father-in-law, a neighbor and her baby, and a maid; when in the outside world bombs are dropping and snipers flood the streets, this small community struggles to remain standing by following a routine. The masterful camera movement transform this rather theatrical setting into an atrocious, rambling arena up to the culmination of this suffocating drama that doesn’t allow us to avert the gaze, as much as we crave for escape.
Insyriated
Insyriated
58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Philippe van Leeuw
- Script: Philippe van Leeuw
- Cinematography: Virginie Surdej
- Editing: Gladys Joujou
- Sound: Paul Heymans, Chadi Roukoz
- Music: Jean-luc Fafchamps
- Actors: Hiam Abbass, Diamand Abou Abboud, Juliette Navis
- Production: Altitude100 Production & Liaison Cinématographique
- Producers: Guillaume Malandrin & Serge Zeitoun
- Co-production: Minds Meet, Versus Production, Voo, Be TV, Né à Beyrouth Films
- Costumes: Claire Dubien
- Sets: Kathy Lebrun
- Make Up: Muriëlle Vercruysse
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Belgium, France, Lebanon
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 85΄
- Distribution in Greece: Danaos
- Contact: Films Boutique
Philippe van Leeuw
Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1954, he currently lives in Paris. He studied at the INSAS film school in Brussels and then moved to Los Angeles to study cinematography at the American Film Institute where his teachers included Sven Nykvist and Conrad Hall. After returning to Europe, he was cinematographer on various documentaries and commercials. His first feature film as a cinematographer was La vie de Jésus (The Life of Jesus) by Bruno Dumont in 1997. Since then he has switched to directing fiction with The Day God Walked Away being his debut film as a director.
Filmography
2009 The Day God Walked Away
2017 Insyriated
