The Translator
By Rana Kazkaz & Anas Khalaf
In 2000, during the Sydney Olympics, a simple slip of the tongue forces Sami, a translator for the Syrian team, to seek asylum in Australia. In 2011, at the onset of the Syrian revolution, his brother is arrested. Sami returns to Damascus to try to find him. Exactly 10 years after the uprising against Assad's regime, this intense thriller, carried by outstanding actors, perfectly retraces the anguish and hope that reigns in Syria.
Co-presented with RTS and ARTE
French-speaking Switzerland cinema release summer/autumn 2021
Section Competition - Fiction
Original language(s) English & Arabic
Subtitle(s) French & English
- Director(s)
- Rana Kazkaz & Anas Khalaf
- Writer(s)
- Magali Negroni & Rana Kazkaz
Casting
- Ziad Bakri
- Yumna Marwan
- David Field
Distributor
- Agora Films
Production
- Tipi'mages Productions
- Georges Films
- Synéastes Films
- Artémis Productions
Cinematographer
- Eric Devin
Editor
- Monique Dartonne
Art director
- Catherine Cosme
- Duration
- 105'
- Year
- 2021
- Production country
- Syria, France, Switzerland, Belgium & Qatar
- Status
- Swiss Premiere
Friday 5 March
00:01
En ligne
Followed by a video encounter conversation with the filmmakers
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