Official Competition Feature Film

Synopsis

Rana and Guy, a young married couple live in today’s city of Beirut. Rana quits her job and falls slowly into a state of lingering. Guy decides they need to go on a road-trip that leads them to the mountains. The road becomes one of remembrance and nostalgia. A road that might bring them closer to themselves and to each other.

Technical details

1ère africaine & 1ère oeuvre
Duration: 98 minutes
Nationality: lebanon
Production year: 2015
Director: Rana Salem
Screenplay: Rana Salem
Director of Photography: Nadim Saoma
Editor: Maria Malek
Sound:Victor Bresse
Email : christelsalem@gmail.com
Cast : Guy Chartouni, Rana Salem

The Road (2015)

Rana Salem is a Lebanese filmmaker who graduated from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts with a major in audiovisual and Cinema studies in 2004. Her graduation film ’First Floor to the Right’ won several prizes, and her short films screened in various festivals. The Road is her first feature film.