The Soil and the Sea

DIRECTOR

Daniele Rugo

RUN TIME

75 minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic with English Subtitles

YEAR

2023

Country

Lebanon

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre
Cast

N/A

Classification

Restricted to persons 15 years and older unless accompanied by an adult

Synopsis

Beneath Lebanon’s tranquil gardens, schools, cafes, and hotels lie over 100 untouched mass graves from the Civil War, each hiding the remains of thousands still waiting to be mourned. ‘The Soil and the Sea’ unearths the silent violence beneath these ordinary landscapes, letting the voices of the past fill the spaces once forgotten.

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