SAMOUNI ROAD
Film - International Independents Filmfest 2018

SAMOUNI ROAD

Directed by Stefano Savona

Info

Director: Stefano Savona
Section: International Independents
Country: France, Italy
Year: 2018
OT: LA STRADA DEI SAMOUNI
Language: Arabic
Version: Original version with English subtitles
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

SAMOUNI ROAD

In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It’s going to be the first celebration since the latest war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors’ recollections, SAMOUNI ROAD conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.

Meet the director

SAMOUNI ROAD

Stefano Savona

Stefano Savona was born in Palermo. Before moving to Paris to pursue a career in filmmaking he studied archeology in Rome and the UK and traveled extensively throughout the Near East to take part in different archeological excavations. This same region is where he later shot most of his films: among others, NOTES FROM A KURDISH REBEL (2006), awarded with the International SCAM Price at Cinéma du Réel and nominated for the David di Donatello; CAST LEAD (2009), winner of the Special Jury Prize at Locarno Film Festival; and TAHRIR LIBERATION SQUARE (2011), winner of the David di Donatello and Nastro d’Argento as best documentary of the year.

Credits

Screenplay: Stefano Savona, Léa Mysius, Penelope Bortoluzzi
Director of Photography: Stefano Savona
Film Editor: Luc Forveille
Composer: Giulia Tagliavia
Sound: Stefano Savona
Producer: Penelope Bortoluzzi, Marco Alessi, Cécile Lestrade
Production Company: Picofilms, Alter Ego Production, Dugong Films
Co-Production Company: Arte France Cinéma, Rai Cinema
World Sales: Doc & Film International