Language (Ma Ism hatha Al Lugha?)
New Voices in Cinema
/ Short Narrative / Iraq, Qatar / 2017
In Arabic / English subtitles
Rated: Mature subject matter. Not suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 18 are not admitted into cinemas.
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Synopsis
Used to reading and printing Braille, a blind man in Baghdad becomes a giant and finds he can “read” the scars of his bombarded city just as he reads texts – and can send messages by creating scars of his own. Wonderfully detailed animation creates a strange, almost surreal world to house an elegant message of the need for communication to resolve conflict.