The Day I Lost My Shadow (2018)

Original title

يوم أضعت ظلي

Directed by

Soudade Kaadan

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Syria, Qatar, Lebanon, France

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

15

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother and her son struggle to find safety and normalcy in war-torn Syria. The film follows her quiet attempts to protect her family while searching for a simple gas cylinder to cook food.

lonelybleakslow-burnmelancholictensevisually starkreflectiveintimate

What happens

The Day I Lost My Shadow (Arabic: يوم أضعت ظلي‎, romanized: Yawm aḍʿatu ẓillī, French: Le jour où j'ai perdu mon ombre) is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Soudade Kaadan, in her feature directorial debut. A co-production between Lebanon, France and Qatar, it premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, in which it was awarded the Lion of the Future for best debut film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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