Screens of Sand
by Randa Chahal Sabbag
Lebanon
Script: Randa Chahal Sabbag
Cineamtographer: Yorgos Arvanitis
Editing: Yves Deschamps
Sound: Fawzi Thabet, Gérard Rousseau
Music: Michel Portal
Cast: Maria Schneider, Laure Killing, Michel Albertini, Sandrine Dumas, Tamim Kasdi Chahal
Production: Carthago Films, Leil Productions, La sept Paris, APEC, Radio Télévision Tunisienne
Distribution:
Quinta Communication
16 avenue Hoche
75008 Paris
France
Tel: 0033 1.56.88.35.45
Fax: 0033 1.56.88.35.26
Year: 1991
35 mm, Colour, 90 min,
OV Arabic and French with French Subtitles
A city stands in the middle of the desert… Sarah belongs to this generation believing in the power of money to get everything, while being forced by the country's strict rules to suppress any desire. She is impatient, selfish, ambitious and domineering. Mariam is a survivor. Years of war in Lebanon made her acquire a cool-blooded capacity to adapt to any situation. In charge of setting up a library at the Women University, she faces the conflicts and taboos of the country. Her task becomes more and more unrewarding and even unworkable. Between the two women an ambi guous, even at times violent friendship starts...
