Khiam was a prison in Southern Lebanon, that was run without international control by the Christian militias supported by Israel. The six protagonists in this film talk about the ten years they were imprisoned there in abominable conditions. Apart from a political indictment of these detention methods, the film is primarily an almost metaphysical reflection on the human instinct for survival.
- Directors
- Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas
- Country of production
- Lebanon
- Year
- 2000
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2002
- Length
- 52'
- Medium
- Betacam SP PAL
- Language
- Arabic
- Producers
- Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas
- Sales
- Ideale Audience International
- Screenplay
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
- Cinematography
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
- Editor
- Michele Tyan