Valley of Exile (2023)
- Country
- Lebanon, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
Two sisters from Syria try to survive life in a refugee camp in Lebanon after fleeing their home country's war. The older sister works to keep the family together while the younger one struggles with the harsh conditions around her.
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What happens
Valley of Exile is a Canadian-Lebanese drama film, directed by Anna Fahr and released in 2023. The film centres on Rima (Maria Hassan) and Nour (Hala Hosni), two sisters from Syria who are living in a refugee camp in Lebanon after fleeing their homes during the Syrian civil war. The cast also includes Michel Hourani, Najwa Kandakji, Joy Hallak, Sajed Amer, Tarek Hakmi, Moe Lattouf and Mohamad Yassine. The film was shot in late 2021 and early 2022, principally in a real refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The film premiered in August 2023 at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, where it won the award for Best Narrative Feature Film, Drama. It was later screened in the Focus: Women, Life and Freedom program at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival, where Fahr won the award for Emerging Canadian Director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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