TRAMONTANE

By Vatche BOULGHOURJIAN

THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

First film - Completed 2016

Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. He sings in a choir and edits Braille documents for an income. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and discovers that his identification card, which he has carried his entire life, is a forgery.

Festivals
& Awards

La Semaine de la Critique 2016
BFI London FF 2016
Journey
Karlovy Vary 2016
Munich Film Festival 2016
Pula Film Festival 2016
Cannes 2016
critic's week
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • First film, Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, LEBANON
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Vatche BOULGHOURJIAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Vatche BOULGHOURJIAN
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/1A12-74F0-8E02-F0FA-6F0A-D
    • Producer(s)
    • George SCHOUCAIR (ABBOUT), Gabrielle DUMON (Le Bureau Films), Caroline OLIVEIRA
    • Synopsis
    • Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. He sings in a choir and edits Braille documents for an income. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and discovers that his identification card, which he has carried his entire life, is a forgery. Traveling across rural Lebanon in search of a record of his own birth, he meets people on the far fringes of society who tell their own stories, open further questions and give Rabih minor clues about his true identity. Descending into a void at the heart of his existence, Rabih encounters a nation incapable of telling his or its own narrative.