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The Valley

By Ghassan Salhab

With: Carlos Chahine, Mounzer Baalbaki, Fadi Abi Samra, Carole Abboud, Aouni Kawas

Following a car accident on a lone mountain road, a middle-aged man loses his memory. Drenched in blood, he continues to walk along the deserted path. Further down the road, he encounters people with engine trouble and helps them get their car running again. They are reluctant to leave him stranded, so they take him home to their large estate in the Bekaa valley, a place where production is not only agricultural, and a place he may never leave again….

Festivals & Awards

Toronto International Film Festival – Contemporary World Cinema – 2014

Berlinale – Forum – 2015

Fribourg Film Festival – Fipresci Jury Award – 2015

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