Chinese Ink
Ghassan Salhab / Lebanon / 2016 / Czech Premiere / 55 min.
synopsis
A film palimpsest in which words as well as images and emotions are written and rewritten on a cinematic parchment. A heartfelt commentary on the troubled history of Lebanon in verses composed personally by the director as well as Anna Achmatov, Paul Celan, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
biography
Ghassan Salhab (1958) was born in Senegal; he and his parents moved to Lebanon in 1970. He studied film in Paris and at home in Lebanon he works as a film instructor. He has directed a number of feature films.
more about film
| director: | Ghassan Salhab |
| producer: | Ghassan Salhab |
| editing: | Carine Doumit |
contact
GHASSAN SALHAB / ghassansalhab@gmail.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | Lebanon: Between Ashes and Roses |
| format: | Video File |
| language: | Arabic |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Ghassan Salhab |
| original title: | Heber Sini |
| country: | Lebanon |
| year: | 2016 |
| running time: | 55 min. |
