PURPLE SEA

By Amel ALZAKOUT, Khaled ABDULWAHED

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Documentary - Completed 2020

I lie on my back, under the surface of the water. The sea is purple. I feel the warmth with every pore of my body. I’m not afraid anymore.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020
Forum
visions du reel 2020
International Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 67 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Amel ALZAKOUT, Khaled ABDULWAHED
    • Synopsis
    • “I see everything,” she says, as if it was a curse. Brilliant sunshine, clear blue skies. The sea is calm, framed by a piece of railing. A peaceful moment if it weren’t for the fact that the sea is standing upright, vertical, like a waterfall. A rush of images, twirling, upside down, jolting. People in the boat, in the water, screams, life jackets, emergency whistles. There’s no horizon any more, no sky, no up or down, only deepness and nothing to hold on to. Even time’s flow comes to a halt, contracting into the brutal present. She is filming and speaking. To beat being tired, being cold, the fact that help isn’t coming. To beat dying, just for something to remain.