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2007 Programs

From August 31th to September 9th 2007


Orient-Express en Plein air
Cour de la Médiathèque : thu 06 / 09 at 21 h 15

Exile Family Movie
Arash / Autriche / 2006 / Documentaire / 90min / 35mm

An iranian family, living in political exile in Europe and United States, decides to organise a secret meeting with the rest of the family which still living in Iran. In the face of dangers, the expected meeting is held after 20 years of separation in Saudi Arabia and is annouunced as a culture shock. Arash records his family with distance and sweetness. Personalities bring up, endearing, worthy. From reunions to reunions, from hunging to tears, it is both a family portrait and a critical comment of culture obscurantism.


Grand Prix 2007 Max-Ophüls-Preis de Sarrebruck
Best documentary- Diagonale - Graz 2006
Silver Hugo Award - Chicago2006


 


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