Synopsis
In 2000, Sami was the Arabic-English translator for the Syrian Olympic team in Sydney, Australia. A slip of the tongue forced him to stay in Australia and live in exile as a political refugee. In 2011, when the Syrian revolution starts and his brother is arrested, Sami risks everything to return to Syria to find him.
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Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Georges Films
- Co-productions : Arte France Cinéma, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
- Foreign production companies : Tipimages Films, Artémis Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Charades
- French distribution : Alba Films
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriters : Rana Kazkaz, Magali Negroni
- Director of Photography : Éric Devin
- Assistant Director : Baudouin Du Bois
- Editor : Monique Dartonne
- Sound recordists : Luc Cuveele, Benjamin Benoît, Denis Séchaud
- Costume designer : Kay Devanthey
- Original ideas : Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf
- Press Attaché (film) : Florence Narozny
- Sound Editor : Luc Cuveele
- Production Designer : Catherine Cosme
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Arabic, English
- Coproducer countries : France (70.0%), Switzerland (15.6%), Germany (14.4%)
- Original French-language productions : No
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