The North Road (al-Tarik ila al-Shamal, La route du Nord)

Karim, mid fourties, lives in France since his early teenage years. For the first time in many years he returns to Lebanon to transfer his father remains, who died during the war, from Beirut to his home village.
Carlos Chahine, Lebanon/France, 2008, 25 min, 35mm, Arabic/French with english or French subtitles

Karim Carlos Chahine | Alain Matthieu Marie | Léa Camille Figuereo | Family friend Fadi Abi Samra | Woman in the shop Abla Khoury | Barman Rami Kodeih | Director & Script Carlos Chahine | Producers Samuel Chauvin & Paul Saadoun (13 Production) | Photography Jacques Bouquin | Sound Chadi Roukoz | Art director Marina Sfeir | Editing Gladys Joujou | Mixage Florent Lavallée

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