La Tête d’Assem

Assem's head

  • Aref Haj Youssef
  • Antoine Carrère
  • 2026
  • France
  • 78'
  • Arabic, Spanish, French
    • Tue 24
    • March
    • 19h30
    • Saint André des Arts 2
    • + discussion
  • © Aref Haj Youssef, Antoine Carrère, MINIMUM MODERNE
    © Aref Haj Youssef, Antoine Carrère, MINIMUM MODERNE
  • © Aref Haj Youssef _ Antoine Carrère _ MINIMUM MODERNE
    © Aref Haj Youssef _ Antoine Carrère _ MINIMUM MODERNE
  • © Aref Haj Youssef _ Antoine Carrère _ MINIMUM MODERNE
    © Aref Haj Youssef _ Antoine Carrère _ MINIMUM MODERNE

In order to draw attention to the situation in Syria, Assem al Basha, a leading figure in artistic dissent, emerges from his melancholic seclusion to sculpt his latest major work: a portrait of Al Maari, the great 11th-century poet whose disillusioned verses remain astonishingly relevant today.

    • Tue 24
    • March
    • 19h30
    • Saint André des Arts 2
    • + discussion
  • Subtitles : original version with French subtitles
  • Production company : Minimum Moderne
  • Photography : Antoine Carrère, Aref Haj Youssef
  • Sound : Hugo Rossi
  • Editing : Chaghig Arzoumanian
  • Music : Hugo Rossi