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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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