THE DAM

LE BARRAGE

By Ali CHERRI

Festivals
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Directors' Fortnight 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, LEBANON, SUDAN, QATAR, GERMANY, SERBIA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ali CHERRI
    • Synopsis
    • Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation starts to take a life of its own…