LADDER TO DAMASCUS
synopsis
Ghalia is inhabited by the soul of Zeina, a girl who drowned the day she was born. Haunted by Zeina's past life, Ghalia travels to Damascus to study acting and understand her present condition. She meets Fouad an aspiring filmmaker who becomes fascinated by Ghalia's duality. He takes her under his wing and helps her find a place to live in a Damascene house, now converted into a dorm inhabited by young Syrians from different regions. Within the confines of the house and its ancient courtyard, Fouad's love for Ghalia and Zeina blossoms while the tumultuous events in Syria start unfolding in the streets around them gradually encroaches on their idyllic isolation.
international title: | Ladder to Damascus |
original title: | Soullam ila Dimashq |
country: | Syria, Lebanon, Qatar |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mohamed Malas |
film run: | 95' |
screenplay: | Mohamad Malas, Samer Mohamed Ismail |
cast: | Najla el Wa'za, Lara Saade, Bilal Martini, Gianna Aanid, Mohamad Zarzour, Naoaur Yousef, Hussein Marii |
cinematography by: | Joude Gorani |
film editing: | Ayhan Ergürsel |
art director: | Ali Al Chaykh, Naser Jalili |
music: | Charbel Haber |
producer: | Georges Schoucair |
production: | Abbout Productions, The Doha Film Institute, Mille et Une Productions |