Synopsis
Amidst the popular uprising against the Syrian regime that began in 2011, a group of former Lebanese detainees decides to break their long-held silence about the horrific years they spent imprisoned in Tadmor (Palmyra), one of the Assad regime's most dreadful prisons.
They decide to testify publicly about the systematic torture and humiliation they experienced. To reclaim and overcome this dark chapter in their lives, they rebuild Tadmor in an abandoned school near Beirut.
By playing the role of both "victim" and "victimizer," they will relive their survival.
Credits
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de l'Étranger
- Foreign production companies : GoldenEgg Production, Umam Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Party Film Sales
- French distribution : Zootrope Films
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Philippe Avril, Gabriela Bussmann, Monika Borgmann
- Screenwriter : Monika Borgmann
- Director of Photography : Talal Khoury
- Music Composer : Pierre Jodlowski
- Assistant Director : Rami Nihawi
- Editor : Olivier Zuchuat
- Sound recordists : Rawad Hobeika, Rayan Obeydine, Chady Roukoz
- Associate producers : Serge Gordey, Anne Grange
- Grader : Yov Moor
- Sound Mixer : Denis Séchaud
- Sound Supervisor : Benjamin Benoît
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Coproducer countries : France, Switzerland, Lebanon
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2016
- French release :
- Current status :
- Approval : No