Samouni Road (2018)

Original title

La strada dei Samouni

Directed by

Stefano Savona

Genre

documentary film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h 08m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the Samouni family in Gaza over several years. It combines live action and animation to show their daily life and the impact of events around them.

observationalmeditativeintimatevisually texturedpoignantslow-pacedcontemplativegrounded

What happens

Samouni Road (Italian: La strada dei Samouni) is a 2018 Italian documentary film directed by Stefano Savona. The film uses a combination of live action, scratchboard animation and drone footage recreations. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and won the Œil d'or prize for best documentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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