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Chronicles from the Siege

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During the siege of their city, a group of ordinary people struggle to survive amid hunger, snipers, and bombardments, while clinging to human connection, love, and small daily pleasures. Faced with impossible moral choices and deep psychological strain, their lives become inseparable from the siege itself.

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Jonathan Romney Screen International 4d
The film offers an intense, dispassionate tapestry of life, death and the contrasting elements of courage and deep human imperfection -- but it also crackles, buoyantly and sometimes explicitly, with the affirmative energies of cinema. Go to Full Review Olivia Popp Cineuropa Feb 25
Al-Khatib has no mandate to deliver on a certain image of suffering: the film’s existence is ultimately evidence of its urgency. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Feb 20
3.5/5
The film is narrated with raw intensity, using a lot of handheld camera work, with an intensity, starkness, and visceral quality that are deeply moving. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Abdallah Al-Khatib

Director

Nadim Rimawi

Arafat

Saja Kilani

Leila

Ahmed Zitouni

Firas

Ahmad Kontar

Mohammad

Kassem Alkhoja

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Movie Info

Synopsis During the siege of their city, a group of ordinary people struggle to survive amid hunger, snipers, and bombardments, while clinging to human connection, love, and small daily pleasures. Faced with impossible moral choices and deep psychological strain, their lives become inseparable from the siege itself.
Director
Abdallah Al-Khatib
Producer
Taqiyeddine Issaad, Issaad Salah
Screenwriter
Abdallah Al-Khatib
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 38m