The Kite
Synopsis
Lamia, 15, lives in a village in the south of Lebanon. She has been promised in marriage to a cousin, Samy, who she has only seen on video, and who lives in a neighboring village. The day of her wedding, she must “cross” the border, with its rows of barbed wire and control towers, that separates their two towns. Lamia’s village is Lebanese, Samy’s has been annexed by Israel. She moves in with her family-in-law, leaving behind the younger brother she adores, her school, kite, mother, past. She doesn’t cry, she doesn’t scream, she doesn’t say a word… This silence is her way of rebelling. She resists her husband, refuses to eat, becomes the “crazy woman”, and then slowly falls in love with a soldier who, right from the first day, has kept his eye on her, knows and loves her.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Ognon Pictures
- Co-productions : Leil Production, Arte France Cinéma, Ulysse Films, Gimages
- Foreign production company : Soread 2M
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Humbert Balsan
- Screenwriter : Randa Chahal Sabbag
- Director of Photography : Alain Levent
- Music Composer : Ziad Rahbani
- Editor : Marie-Pierre Renaud
- Sound Recordist : Jérôme Ayasse
- Costume designer : Dina Hammoud
- Author of original work : Randa Chahal Sabbag
- Press Attaché (film) : Annie Maurette
- Production Designer : Sylvain Chaulevot
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Arabic, Hebrew
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Lebanon)
- Production year : 2003
- French release : 18/02/2004
- Runtime : 1 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 103.409
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
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