Arwad (film)

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Arwad
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Directed byDominique Chila
Samer Najari
Written bySamer Najari
Produced byMarcel Jean
Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Samer Najari
StarringRamzi Choukair
Fanny Mallette
Julie McClemens
Dalal Ata
Cinematography Pierre Mignot
Edited by Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Music by Robert Marcel Lepage
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
Production
company
Les Productions Unité Centrale
Distributed byFunFilm Distribution
Release date
  • October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12)(FNC)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Arwad is a Canadian drama film, directed by Dominique Chila and Samer Najari and released in 2013. [1] The film stars Ramzi Choukair as Ali, a Syrian Canadian man who seeks to return to his roots following the death of his mother, by visiting his hometown of Arwad for the first time since emigrating to Canada. He travels with his mistress Marie (Fanny Mallette) while his wife Gabrielle (Julie McClemens) remains at home in Montreal, setting the film's plot in motion when he accidentally drowns in the ocean while swimming, and Gabrielle must travel to Syria to claim his body. [2] Dalal Ata also appears in flashback scenes as Ali's mother.

Despite being set in Syria, the film was shot primarily in Tunisia due to the political and social instability of Syria at the time. [3]

The film premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in October 2013, before going into commercial release in February 2014. [4]

The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015, for Best Supporting Actress (Ata) and Best Sound (Olivier Calvert, Clovis Gouaillier and Sylvain Vary). [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Arwad – Film de Samer Najari et Dominique Chila". Films du Québec, January 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ Brendan Kelly, "Review: Arwad (with video)". Montreal Gazette , February 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jay Weissberg, "Film Review: ‘Arwad’". Variety , February 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ André Duchesne, "Arwad: l'amertume de la perte, la douceur de l'intégration". La Presse , February 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ Jessica Émond-Ferrat, "Xavier Dolan domine les nominations aux Jutra". Métro , January 26, 2015.


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