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Record information – Brief I Was Once Told = Al-Akhar Al-Moshtaha = On m'a dit
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:2010Item number (ISN):429168Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:KHACHOUK, AliaaAccession:2010-0114Media:VideoOriginal title:I Was Once ToldPart:1 of 1Production date:2010Release date:2010Production company:Aliaa Khachouk (Producer)Production credit:director/producer/scenario/editing, Aliaa Khachouk; scenario Ahmad Marouf; photography, Eric Fenato; editing/sound/sound editing/music, Samer Beyhum; art director, Hanan Chkir; first assistant director, Saleh Fadel; second assistant director, Ahmad Alhabashi; assistant producer, Chadi Alhelou; musician, Hasan Abd Alhai; post-production assistant, Amina JalbiCast credit:Nada Housmi, Raymond Yates, Hanan Chkir, Chadi Alhelou, Kim Prangley, Hasan Abd Alhai, Lin Alramli, Michel Duteau, Jayson Cox, Damon Cox, Molly Prangley DesormeauxCountry of production:cnDescription:Laila, an immigrant to Canada of Arabic origin, lives a three-dimensional love story. In addition to her, its heroes are Sami, a scenarist who newly immigrated to Canada, and who writes Laila's story; and Jad, Laila's old flame whom she left behind in her country of origin, but whose love never abandoned her. Laila searches for salvation in a nearby field she uses for meditation, and which she transforms into a temple to practice rituals of love, sex, and spiritualizing. She awakens from her illusions with the departure of Sami and his wife from town, and discovers that the Other we lust for is merely a dream that we all live, in the hope of it becoming a reality one day. <75mn>Language:English / Arabic with English subtitlesNotes:Genre:DRAMADetailed holdings information: -
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