To Close Your Eyes And See Fire
dir. Jakob Carl Sauer, Nikola von Leffern / 2024 / Austria / 99 min
Beirut lies in ruins. After the explosion in the city's port, collective trauma rises to the surface. How can life succeed after such a tragedy?
Beirut lies in ruins. After the explosion in the city's port, collective trauma rises to the surface. How can life succeed after such a tragedy? The film carefully observes the following three years and zooms in on the lives of Aya – a Syrian refugee girl, Selim – an activist and painter, the Aladdin family – mourning a tragic loss, Yasmin - picking up calls at a suicide prevention hotline, and Andrea – who still believes in the city's spark for change. Meanwhile, a smoldering fire keeps on lingering in the port's silos like a cautionary tale. Is it time to leave?
- duration:
- 99 min
- country / year of production:
- Austria / 2024
- director:
- Jakob Carl Sauer, Nikola von Leffern
- cinematography:
- Jakob Carl Sauer
- production:
- Peter Drössler, Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi, Jakob Carl Sauer, Nicola von Leffern / Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Filmservices GmbH
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2024 – Zurich IFF
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