Samouni Road

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Samouni Road

2018

2h 8m

Documentary

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A family prepares to celebrate a wedding in a war-torn farming community outside of Gaza City.

Jay Weissberg

Variety

While the film could benefit from a bit of trimming early on, its success at showing real lives unfathomably impacted by barbarism is beyond dispute...

May 11, 2018

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Deborah Young

The Hollywood Reporter

The final effect is devastating and yet oddly distanced, leaving the viewer with sorrow, indignation but also space for reflection on the cruelty and injustice of Israel's tactics in its war against Palestine.

May 11, 2018

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Daniel Reigosa

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

[Simone Massi's jittery animation is] the perfect medium to portray Amal's vivid memories, but also hide a story repressed by the trivialization of a conflict that has been killing for decades. [Full review in Spanish]

Jun 22, 2020

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Miguel Martín Maestro

El antepenúltimo mohicano

Empathy with young people on screen is fully achieved. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Apr 7, 2020

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Daniel de Partearroyo

Cinemanía (Spain)

As heartbreaking as The Grave of the Fireflies. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Mar 10, 2020

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

Samouni Road, which also screened at Cannes earlier this year, is about a family living on the outskirts of Gaza. They have suffered tragic losses in the ongoing conflict in the area.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 18, 2018

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This film is deeply moving. It follows a Palestinian family in the aftermath of a massacre that has been carried out by the Israeli's on their village in Gaza and then, through the use of animated flashbacks, shows you how they lived before the massacre and what happened to them during it. What has happened to them is shocking, and unjust and so so sad... I highly recommend this film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Synopsis

A family prepares to celebrate a wedding in a war-torn farming community outside of Gaza City.

Director: Stefano Savona
Producer: Penelope Bortoluzzi, Cécile Lestrade
Screenwriter: Stefano Savona, Léa Mysius, Penelope Bortoluzzi
Production Co: Picofilms, RAI Cinema, Dugong Production, arte France Cinéma, Alter Ego Production
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 2h 8m