La longue nuit

Syrie/Syrië, La longue nuit, Hatem Ali, 93’, 2009, LM
 Scénario : Haitham Hakki
 Camera : Mohamed Mgrawi
 Montage : Raoof Zaza
 Musique : Kinan Abo Afash
 Sound : Zaheer Gharibeh
 Producer : Reelfilms- Haitham Hakki _ - Interprétations : Khaled Taja, Amal Arafeh, Basel Khayat, Aniseh Dawood, Salim Sabri, Rafiq Sbea’y, Najah Safkoni, Zohear Abed Alkareem, Duha Aldibis.

 Portrait des dissidents syriens, intellectuels et artistes, journalistes et hommes politiques non inféodés au pouvoir syrien et de ce fait tous condamnés à de longues années de prison.

 Portret van Syrische dissidenten, intellectuelen en kunstenaars, journalisten en politici, niet ingekapseld door het Syrische bewind en bijgevolg allen veroordeeld tot lange jaren in de gevangenis.

 One night, three political prisoners are released from jail. Through one night, one long night, the film depicts the details of their release from prison back to life and their families’ reactions. The film also tackles the different lives of the different members of these families in their struggle to meet the daily needs of life where some choose, voluntarily, to be in exile, while others pay a very expensive price for staying : shunning, isolation and marginalization.

Hatem Ali was born in 1962. He studied theatre and published two collections of short stories and a collection of stage plays. Ali taught acting at Damascus Higher Institute of Drama and supervised students’ graduation projects. He has written a number of teleplays for TV series and films and directed several TV hit and award-winning series. Among them : Az-Zir Salem, The Triplett of Andalucía, Saladin, The Palestinian Displacement and King Farouq. In 2007, he directed "Passion. In 2009, his second feature film Selena underwent theatrical release.

Contact : rita@hatemali.com