The Return to Homs (2013)
- Original title
- Return to Homs
- Directed by
- Talal Derki
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Syria, Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 72 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 documentary follows two young Syrian men in the besieged city of Homs during the early years of the civil war. It shows their daily struggle for survival and resistance against overwhelming military force.
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What happens
The Return to Homs (Arabic: العودة إلى حمص; German: Homs - Ein zerstörter Traum, lit. 'Homs: A Shattered Dream') is a 2013 Syrian-German documentary film written and directed by Talal Derki. It is produced by Orwa Nyrabia and Hans Robert Eisenhauer while Diana El Jeiroudi served as the associate producer. The film premiered in-competition at the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on November 20, 2013, as the opening film of the festival. The film also premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014. It won the Grand Jury Prize award at the festival. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Journeyman Pictures acquired the worldwide distribution rights of the film. The film's TV rights has been previously sold to ARTE for France and Germany, NHK for Japan, RTS for Switzerland, SVT for Sweden, and Radio Canada. It also served as the closing film at 2014 Human Rights Film Festival on March 28, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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