From the movie: “In Lebanon, the fate of 17000 disappeared persons during the civil war remains unknown. Their families have been working for tears to unveil what happened to them.”
“Perhaps Today…” is screening at Busan International Short Film Festival
Nadine Asmar focuses on this concept and presents a short that revolves around a mother, Oum Karim, who tries to survive her every day life, despite the trauma the war left. However, and despite her seemingly happy demeanor, the impact of not knowing what happened to her son remains, with the whole thing coming to the fore after a simple encounter with the local baker and his son, Ghassan.
Following the aesthetics of an ad essentially, through the rather bright images and the intense close ups, “Perhaps Today…” has an evident goal of showing the impact the war had on mothers whose sons were involved in it one way or the other,...
“Perhaps Today…” is screening at Busan International Short Film Festival
Nadine Asmar focuses on this concept and presents a short that revolves around a mother, Oum Karim, who tries to survive her every day life, despite the trauma the war left. However, and despite her seemingly happy demeanor, the impact of not knowing what happened to her son remains, with the whole thing coming to the fore after a simple encounter with the local baker and his son, Ghassan.
Following the aesthetics of an ad essentially, through the rather bright images and the intense close ups, “Perhaps Today…” has an evident goal of showing the impact the war had on mothers whose sons were involved in it one way or the other,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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