Horizons of Arab Cinema · 46th Edition
Dead Dog
Kalb Saken
Director
Sarah Francis
Country
Lebanon
Runtime
1 h 32 min
Language
Arabic
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Walid and Aida, husband and wife, are reunited after Walid’s many years abroad. In Sarah Francis’s careful unravelling of an estranged marriage, long-hidden secrets slowly come to light.
Cast
Chirine Karameh, Nida Wakim
Screenplay
Sarah Francis
Producers
Lara Abou Saifan
About the Director
Sarah Francis is a Lebanese filmmaker and visual artist who grew up and studied in Beirut, graduating from the IESAV institute in 2005. She works in the fields of sculpture, painting, and photography, combining them in her cinematic works. She has directed several internationally awarded films, most notably her first feature film Birds of September (2013), and her second film As Above so below (2020), which screened at the Berlin Film Festival. Her third feature film is Dead Dog.
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