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Release Date:
April 1, 2020
Original Title:
Only The Winds
Genres:
Documentary | Drama
Production Companies:
Changing Film Productions
Production Countries:
Lebanon | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 133
A Lebanese filmmaker (Karim) travels from New York to Beirut to conduct research for a film that he wants to make about blind children in the mountains of Lebanon. He arrives to Beirut with a condition that had been affecting his eyes and causes him to go straight into surgery, temporarily blinding him with patches covering his eyes. He uses the healing time to reflect, write and spend time with his family. The filmmaker then begins to visit the blind institute where he will conduct his research and attempts to cast someone to play himself in parallel, which doesn't go as planned. Little does the institute know that Karim has no treatment to pitch but continues to visit the classrooms and attend in order to find his characters.
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Director:
Karim Kassem
Director of Photography:
Mohammad Hissi
Editor:
Soha Shukayr
Music:
Hiatus
Producer:
Johan Matton
Sound Recordist:
Firas Chidiac
Lara Zakhour
Writer:
Karim Kassem
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