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Taste of Cement

director: Ziad Kalthoum

original title: Taste of Cement

country: Germany, Lebanon, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Qatar

year: 2017

running time: 85 min.

synopsis

This poetic documentary is an elegy to the Middle East, where cement flows across the region as they rebuild after the ravages of war. For the narrators, the smell and taste of cement remind them of their father, who left to work in neighboring countries, and the horrifying sight of their devastated home.

biography

Ziad Kalthoum (1981) is a Syrian director and screenwriter who dedicates himself to documentaries and feature films. His documentary The Immortal Sergeant (2014) was screened at festivals in Locarno and Fribourg, among others.

more about film

director:	Ziad Kalthoum
producer:	Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert, Mohammad Ali Atassi
photography:	Talal Khoury
editing:	Alex Bakri, Frank Brummundt

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