Synopsis
Shot in the Sharjah desert, The Digger follows the everyday life of Sultan Zeib Khan, the Pakistani caretaker who has been guarding the ruins of a Neolithic necropolis for twenty years. A witness to the nation’s founding mythologies, Sultan preserves archeological ruins, keeping them from falling into ruin. In the midst of these empty graves that echo the vastness of the desert, the absence of corpses is more unsettling than their presence.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Foreign production company : Sharjah Art Foundation
- French distribution : Galerie Imane Farès
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriter : Ali Cherri
- Director of Photography : Bassem Fayyad
- Music Composer : Pierre Aviat
- Editor : Suzana Pedro
- Sound recordist : Karine Basha
- Associate producer : Abla Khoury
- Production Manager : Paul Baboudjian
- Sound Editor : Mikaël Barre
- Continuity supervisor : Ali Cherri
- Visual effects : Hoël Sainleger
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental, Video art
- Themes : History, Mountains
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 24 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : DTS 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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