Une famille syrienne

Philippe Van Leeuw

Belgium/France | V.O. Arabic | ST French | 2016 | 86 min | color | Fiction

In an at-war Syria, countless families remained trapped by the bombing. Among them, a mother and her children try and hold on, hidden in their apartment. Courageously, they organize themselves from day to day to continue living despite shortages and danger. In solidarity, they gather together a couple of neighbours and their newborn. Torn between fleeing and staying, they face each day confronted by their situation and remaining hopeful.GPHQ, PCS

Distribution
Director Philippe Van Leeuw
Music Jean-Luc Fafchamps
Cinematographer Virginie Surdej
Screenplay Philippe Van Leeuw
Cast Hiam Abbass, Diamand Abou Abboud, Juliette Navis, Mohsen Abbas, Moustapha Al Kar
Production ALTITUDE 100 PRODUCTION, LIAISON CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE
Distribution MK2 | MILE END

Biographie

Philippe Van Leeuw

Philippe Van Leeuw has pursued a career as Director of Photography since 1966. He worked on the following films: La vie de Jésus de Bruno Dumont (1996), Plus qu’hier, moins que demain (1997) Laurent Achard’s Le dernier des fous (2005), Richard Bean’s Franck Spadone (1998), Claire Simon’s Les bureaux de Dieu (2007), Fouad Alaywan’s Asfouri (2011), Mahmoud Hojeij’s Stable, Unstable (2012) and François Gorin and Bruno Vienne’s Le chant des pierres (2013). In 2009, he directed his first feature film, Le jour où Dieu est parti en voyage, produced by Patrick Quinet and Toussaint Tiendrebeogo.