A LONG BREATH

NEFESS

By Remi ITANI

EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2020

A young man is swinging between extremes and trying to reconcile two opposing forces within him. On the one hand is a world of misery, war, pills, booze, prison, and gambling; on the other are his worried mother and expecting wife. He is torn between the duty to piousness and the temptation of hedon

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El Gouna Film Festival 2020
Documentary film competition
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • LEBANON
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, ARABIC-LEBANESE
    • Duration
    • 67 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Remi ITANI
    • Producer(s)
    • Dima AL-JOUNDI
    • Synopsis
    • Ibrahim is a resident of the violence-ridden neighborhood of Bab Al-Tabbaneh, where feuds associated with civil wars are tearing the community apart. The lack of job opportunities, especially for someone like Ibrahim, who has a criminal record, leaves him struggling to carve a peaceful life amidst the heavy shroud of sectarian violence, religious fanaticism, and smoke-filled gambling dens. Now his wife is pregnant, and he dreams of a devout Muslim life, work and a home of his own. But the pressure of his awaited responsibilities ruptures his newfound peace, and Ibrahim finds himself plunged back into the world he so desperately tried to escape.