Atlal (Remnants)
A wistful Palestinian man embarks on a trip down memory lane to the pivotal locations of his life in Qatar—all of which now lay abandoned.
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- Drama
- Family
- History
- Documentary
Overview
'Atlal (Remnants)' is a fictional documentary that follows Bassam, a Palestinian man in his fifties, on a journey between the past and present. An abandoned school, the remains of a beach club, and a dusty cinema hold Bassam's cherished memories from his life in Qatar. Through personal archives and interviews with Bassam and his wife, Laila, we get a deeper look into their stories—slowly revealing the dismaying thoughts behind Bassam's nostalgia.
Keywords
- journey in the past
- past
- memories
- docufiction
- abandoned building
- archival footage
- film archives
- archive footage
- qatar
- belonging
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Director
- Balkees Al-Jaafari,Tony El Ghazal
- Producer
- Amal Barakat
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt14515632