I Am the One Who Carries Flowers to Her Grave
Ana alati tahmol azouhour ila qabriha
IFFR is offering a home-in-exile to the Visual Arts Festival Damascus, since it cannot take place in Syria this year.
As one of the filmmakers approaches the age of 50, she decides to embark on a mental and physical journey to re-visit places, people and dreams that have had an impact on her life. She talks with the companions of her youth, friends from her days as a young political activist, asks a filmmaker friend to film the love of her life on his return to his beloved city.
The film is an intimate portrait of four strong women, the filmmaker and her close friends and their personal struggles, the changes inflicted upon them through prison, and how life in exile, flight and other harsh experiences have shaped them. It is a film about the strength of art, poetry, love and companionship and a document of love for a country that never fades, even after many years of exile.
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Syria
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 105"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi
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