大地微光：巴格達
（法國/英國/德國/科威特/阿拉伯聯合大公國/卡達/2021/劇情）
OUR RIVER…OUR SKY (FRANCE/UK/GERMANY/KUWAIT/UAE/QATAR/2021/DRAMA)
KULSHI MAKOO
語言：阿拉伯語
Language: Arabic
劇情簡介
時間是2006年，在一個典型種族混雜的巴格達社區，平凡居民試圖在不可預測的暴力威脅之下過著日常生活。小說家單親媽Sara是一連串交叉故事的核心，當她目睹基督徒鄰居兼好友Sabiha被迫流放後，終於重拾了寫作的習慣。新年前夕，傳來海珊被處決的消息，Sara和鄰居們做好心理準備，迎接不確定的未來，每個人都懷抱著卑微的希望。
導演：梅森帕恰奇（首部作品）
編劇：梅森帕恰奇，伊拉達艾爾朱布里
製片：塔拉艾爾穆哈納，梅森帕恰奇，亞歷山大里斯
製作公司：Les Contes Modernes - Oxymoron Films - Neue Mediopolis –Linked Productions
Linked Productions
演員：達麗娜艾爾喬狄，贊娜布喬達，阿梅德哈希米，巴西姆哈賈爾，拉布瓦阿拉伯，扎伊敦哈拉夫，梅莉安阿巴斯
獎項：
• 2022年英國獨立電影獎最佳女配角入圍，贊娜布喬達
• 2022年英國獨立電影獎最佳整體演出
• 2022年英國獨立電影獎最佳選角入圍，蕾拉伯特蘭
（唯一一部在今年英國獨立電影獎上獲獎的阿拉伯電影，總共入圍3個獎項）
影展
• 2021年塞拉耶佛電影節
• 2022年馬爾默阿拉伯電影節
影評：
• 「本片以2006年最後一個星期為背景，描述了多段故事，聚焦於普通人在佔領時期努力生存、並逐漸接受海珊時代的結束。」比迪沙（衛報）
• 「一名小說家（由充滿魅力的達麗娜艾爾喬狄飾演）為了生活，不得不幫鄰居翻譯要遞給美國當局的請託文件，一邊還要撫養女兒，體現了影片中無處不在的人間溫暖。」麥克福克斯（北加州公共廣播電台）
• 「本片的攝影、演出和技術都非常突出，是伊拉克為數不多以誠實和大膽內容吸引觀眾的精彩電影。」凱斯卡森（新阿拉伯人報）
• 「少數以令人信服的電影風格來處理派系鬥爭時期伊拉克局勢的電影之一，對於當前和過去的局勢提出質疑。」凱斯卡森（Aljazeera.net）
Synopsis
In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighbourhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist, who regains her will to write after witnessing the forced exile of her Christian neighbour and best friend Sabiha. With the news of Saddam Hussein's sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbours brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.
Director: Maysoon Pachachi (Debut)
Writers: Maysoon Pachachi and Dr Irada Al-Jubouri
Producers: Talal Al-Muhanna, Maysoon Pachachi, Alexander Ris
Production Co: Les Contes Modernes - Oxymoron Films - Neue Mediopolis – Linked Productions
Cast: Darina Al Joundi, Zainab Joda, Amed Hashimi, Basim Hajar, Labwa Arab, Zaydun Khalaf, Meriam Abbas
Awards:
• Zainab Joda, Best Supporting Performance Nominee, British Independent Film Awards, 2022.
• Best Ensemble Performance, British Independent Film Awards, 2022.
• Leila Bertrand, Best Casting Nominee, British Independent Film Awards, 2022.
(It was the only Arab film to win an award at this year’s British Independent Film Awards, where it was nominated tor 3 awards…)
Festivals:
• Sarajevo Film Festival, 2021.
• Malmo Arab Film Festival, 2022.
Reviews
• "Set in the last week of 2006, it is an ensemble piece focusing on the lives of ordinary citizens trying to survive the occupation while coming to terms with the Saddam era." Bidisha - The Guardian
• “A fiction writer (played with great charm and heart by Darina Al Joundi), compelled to earn money by translating her neighbors’ entreaties to American authorities while raising her daughter with the erstwhile help of her mother, embodies the warmth that permeates the film.” Michael Fox-KQED
• “The cinematic elements of the film; cinematography, acting, and techniques, make it one of a few Iraqi cinematic achievements that captivates its audience with its honesty and daring content.” Kais Kassem - The New Arab (Arabic)
• “One of a few films that tackles the Iraqi scene within the years of the factional fighting using a convincing cinematic style that poses questions about what is happening and happened before.” Kais Kassem - Aljazeera.net
