Horizons of Arab Cinema · 47th Edition
Summer Meadow
L'Estive
Director
Naël Khleifi, Lisa Debauche
Country
Belgium, France
Runtime
1 h 5 min
Language
French, Arabic
Premiere
International Premiere
Synopsis
Hana works as an apprentice shepherdess, leading an isolated life in the Alps, far from the hustle and bustle of the world and the echoes of her native Lebanon. The arrival of Lisa, who has been sent to help her with the animals, forces her out of her solitude and invites her to reconnect with her own story.
Cast
Manal Issa, Sybille Bataille, Elkebir Belfatmi, El Hadj Ibrahima Barry
Screenplay
Naël Khleifi, Lisa Debauche
Producers
Sébastien Andres, Alice Lemaire
About the Director
Naël Khleifi is a Belgian-Palestinian director and cinematographer based in Brussels. His directing career began in 2004 with the fiction short Au pays des géants, which won an award during Lille’s year as European Capital of Culture. In 2011, he made the documentary Waiting. Lisa Debauche was born in Brussels in 1988. Trained as an actress, she now devotes her time to music and writing. She has released two albums as a singer-songwriter and published two books.
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