Tramontane

Dir: Vatche Boulghourjian
Cast: Barakat Jabbour, Julia Kassar, Toufic Barakat
105mins 2016 Lebanon 15 Arabic

Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. He sings in a choir and edits Braille documents for an income. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and discovers that his identification card, which he has carried his entire life, is a forgery. Traveling across rural Lebanon in search of a record of his own birth, he meets people on the far fringes of society who tell their own stories, open further questions and give Rabih minor clues about his true identity. Descending into a void at the heart of his existence, Rabih encounters a nation incapable of telling his or its own narrative.

Other screening venues:

22nd September:

– Sheffield Showroom
https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/tramontane

-Manchester Home

October (date to be confirmed):

-Irish Film Institute, Dublin as part of the 3rd Dublin Arabic Film Festival

25th and 26th October:

– MAC Birmingham