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Release Date:
August 4, 2024
Original Title:
Ship of Fools
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 29
This animated documentary stitches together colorful and ragged fragments of the personal life of Alia, a Lebanese woman. Growing up facing war and displacement, searching and not finding freedom, she forms a friendship with a would-be superhero on the shore of Beirut called Abu Samra. She trains with him, and their monsters meet. Together, Alia and Abu Samra survive by finding comfort in the insanity that the city has sown in them. When the Lebanese revolution starts on October 17, 2019, they realize they are not alone.
Animation:
Alexia Mokry
Amelie Kahlo
Cinematography:
Jan Fabi
Director:
Alia Haju
Editor:
Tobias Wilhelmer
Music:
Huda Asfour
Original Music Composer:
Luis Schöffend
Sound Designer:
Luis Schöffend
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