Nezouh

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Nezouh

2022

1h 44m

War

Drama

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14-year-old Zeina and her family are the last to have stayed in their besieged hometown of Damascus in Syria. A missile rips a giant hole in their home, exposing them to the outside world. When a rope is mysteriously lowered into the hole, Zeina gets her first taste of freedom, and an unimaginable world of possibility opens up for her. As the violence outside escalates, the family is pressured to evacuate, but Mutaz, her father is adamant that they stay, refusing to flee to the uncertain life of a refugee. Faced with a life or death dilemma, Zeina and Hala, her mother, must make the choice whether to stay or leave.

Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Nezouh finds visual poetry in the dust and wreckage of the city. However, the screenplay and performances feel rather too mannered and theatrical for the film to come alive fully.

Rated: 3/5

May 6, 2024

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

One of the most radical messages of Kaadan’s movie is that the breakdown of political and moral authority can be liberating for women.

Rated: 4/5

May 3, 2024

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

There are nice performances, and al-Masry sympathetically suggests Motaz’s tender fragility and loneliness.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 30, 2024

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Kevin Wight

The Wee Review

With a dynamism that almost bulges the walls that confine our heroine, Nezouh negates overt carnage in favour of a subjective, magical-realist point of view.

Rated: 4

Sep 4, 2024

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James Saynor

The Arts Desk

Trying to do “magical realism” in movies -- that is, both sides of that formula in the same film -- is usually a tall order, but Kaadan has a half-jocular sense of abandon and goes for it anyway amid the dust and explosions.

Rated: 4/5

May 3, 2024

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Amber Wilkinson

iofilm.co.uk

If Kaadan doesn't quite get the dramatic weight to land solidly, she nevertheless has a fine eye for a poetic image, while her gently feminist optimism is likely to find particular favour with mum and daughter trips to the cinema.

Rated: 3/5

May 3, 2024

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ANGEL P

Absolutely amateur production, an insult to the viewers.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/03/24

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Soudade Kaadan

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Kinda Alloush

Hala

Samer Al Masri

Mutaz

Hala Zein

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Nizar Alani

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Soudade Kaadan

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Synopsis

14-year-old Zeina and her family are the last to have stayed in their besieged hometown of Damascus in Syria. A missile rips a giant hole in their home, exposing them to the outside world. When a rope is mysteriously lowered into the hole, Zeina gets her first taste of freedom, and an unimaginable world of possibility opens up for her. As the violence outside escalates, the family is pressured to evacuate, but Mutaz, her father is adamant that they stay, refusing to flee to the uncertain life of a refugee. Faced with a life or death dilemma, Zeina and Hala, her mother, must make the choice whether to stay or leave.

Director: Soudade Kaadan
Screenwriter: Soudade Kaadan
Genre: War, Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1h 44m