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Quneitra 74

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Quneitra 74

A ceremonial gathering of the villagers of Quneitra on the Syrian Golan Hights after the Israeli army withdrew and returned the town inhabitable. The press takes photographs of the rubble. One woman starts running in the streets between the ruins, always making sure the audience does not leave her alone, contacting us through the camera. She strolls through the streets and alleys of her hometown, enters a house, cleans the shards of a window. A little girl appears, an old woman with her hens. Three females of three generations connected in solitude.

short film, Mohamad Malas, Syria 1974, 20 min, 35mm (available in digital format only), no dialogue
Director and Author Mohamad Malas | Photography Hazim Biya'ah | Sound Adnan Hilmi | Editor Tala'at al-Maghrebi | Music Hussein Nazik | Production Syrian Television