|

Film Info

Germany 2020 | 67 min. Director: Khaled Abdulwahed , Amel Alzakout
There is currently no offer available

World Sales

Chemin de Chenalettaz 89
1807 Blonay
Phone +41 78 6370444 https://lightdox.com

Production Company

Skalitzer Str. 62
10997 Berlin
Phone +49 30 61076098 http://www.pong-berlin.de

Purple Sea

Synopsis

“I see everything,” she says, as if it was a curse. Brilliant sunshine, clear blue skies. The sea is calm, framed by a piece of railing. Buzzing voices. A peaceful moment if it weren’t for the fact that the sea is standing upright, vertical, like a waterfall. A rush of images, twirling, upside down, jolting. People in the boat, in the water, screams, life jackets, emergency whistles. Fluorescent orange, geometrical shapes cast by the sun.
There’s no horizon any more, no sky, no up or down, only deepness and nothing to hold on to. Even Eme’s flow comes to a halt, contracting into the brutal present. She is filming and speaking. To him, to herself, to us, perhaps. Floating legs in sweat pants, jeans, thronged together. A blouse with butterflies, it looks like their wings are flapping in the water. The snake-like belt of a coat, a crumpled-up plastic cup, a pack of cigarettes. Fuck you all! She speaks, she rages, and she films to beat being tired, being cold, the fact that help isn’t coming. To beat dying, just for something to remain.

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2020
70 Berlinale FORUM EXPANDED
51 Visions du Réel 'online edition'
17 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg -
FFHH20 - Filmfest Hamburg
IDFA — Paradocs
doclisboa

2021
nominated for GRIMME Prize
nominated for VFF Documentary Film Production Award — 36 DOK.fest Munich

World Sales

Chemin de Chenalettaz 89
1807 Blonay
Phone +41 78 6370444 https://lightdox.com

Production Company

Skalitzer Str. 62
10997 Berlin
Phone +49 30 61076098 http://www.pong-berlin.de
Enter Onepager
1

slide_title_1

slide_description_1

alt_text_onepager_description_1
slide_headline_2
2

slide_title_2

slide_description_2

alt_text_onepager_description_2
slide_headline_3
3

slide_title_3

slide_description_3

alt_text_onepager_description_3
slide_headline_4
4

slide_title_4

slide_description_4

alt_text_onepager_description_4
Create / edit OnePager