Synopsis
In 2015, in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi district and its orchards were razed to the ground as punishment for the population's uprising against the regime. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighborhood.
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- Executive Producer : petit chaos
- Film exports/foreign sales : Square Eyes
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
- Screenwriter : Antoine Chapon
- Director of photography : Juliette Barrat
- Music Composer : Hareth Mhedi
- Assistant directors : Jeanne Picard-Depalle, Mahmoud Hamoud
- Editors : Laura Ríus Arán, Antoine Chapon
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Pelletier
- Assistant Operator : Iris Ibanez
- Production Manager : Léane Cordel
- Sound Editor : Ryo Baldet
- Grader : Clément Le Penven
- Sound Mixer : Simon Apostolou
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
- Themes : Society
- Production language : Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 24 min 41 seconds
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.78
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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