For Sama
Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
DISTRIBUTION
Waad falls in love with a doctor amidst the conflict in Syria. For five years she records their existence on film. Everyday life alternates with the horrors of the devastating war.
This is a much-needed injection of empathy. Although it is horrifying, it is a film full of hope: the couple gets married and they have a baby. This film is for her, for Sama. A radical film in which love triumphs over the horror of war.
- direction
- Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
- cast
- Gael Vázquez, José Antonio Becerril, Yoshira Escárrega, Margarita Herández
- duration
- 94 min
- year
- 2019
- country
- Syria, UK
- language
- Arabic
- Subtitles
- Dutch, English
One of the most profoundly intimate depictions of the Syrian conflict ★★★★★