Mahmoud Darwish: As the land is the Language

Mahmoud Darwich : et la terre, comme la langue

  • Simone Bitton
  • Elias Sanbar
  • 1997
  • France
  • 59'
  • Arabic, French
  • © Simone Bitton _ Elias Sanbar _ Point du Jour
    © Simone Bitton _ Elias Sanbar _ Point du Jour
  • © Simone Bitton _ Elias Sanbar _ Point du Jour
    © Simone Bitton _ Elias Sanbar _ Point du Jour
  • © Simone Bitton _ Elias Sanbar _ Point du Jour
    © Simone Bitton _ Elias Sanbar _ Point du Jour

“In Arabic, the same word, ‘bay’, denotes both ‘house’ and ‘poetic verse’. We made this film around this idea, as we inhabit the poems of Mahmoud Darwish, they are part of our lives, as is exile.”

  • Subtitles : original version with French subtitles
  • Production company : Point du Jour International
  • Photography : Gonzalo Arijon, Jean-Michel Humeau, David Ben Shitrit
  • Sound : Richard Anstey, Paulo De Jesus, Thomas Pietrucci, Marie-Madeleine Larigaldi
  • Editing : Mireille Abramovici
  • Music : Marcel Khalifé