I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave

Hala Al-Abdallah, Ammar Al-Beik

Original title: Ana alati tahmol azouhour ila qabriha

Exiled for twenty-five years, Hala Al-Abdallah reflects on loss and resilience in a personal exploration of her homeland, Syria. The director interweaves conversations with three friends, who also left the country for France years earlier, and images of her husband, Youssef Abdelki, a painter, contemplating the power of poetry and the poetic in everyday life, while lamenting the relentless passage of time through the voice of inner exile.

  • Duration: 110’
  • Production year: 2006
  • Country: FR, SY
  • Language: AR Subtitles: EN

Venice Film Festival 2006 – Doc/It Award

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