The Dream (1987)

Original title

المنام

Directed by

Mohammad Malas

Genre

documentary film

Country

Syria

Runtime

45 min

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker interviews Palestinian refugees in Lebanon about their dreams during the civil war. The conversations reveal their inner lives and hopes amid displacement.

intimatemelancholicmeditativereflectiveslow-burnconversationalpoignantobservational

What happens

The Dream or Al-Manam (Arabic: المنام) is a 1987 Syrian documentary film by the director Mohammad Malas. The film is composed of a collection of interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon during the civil war. The refugees were interviewed by Malas about what dreams they saw when they went to sleep. The film was shot between 1980–81 before the infamous massacre in Sabra and Shatila, where part of the film was set. It was only released in 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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