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On September 20, 1982, I was horrified to read about the massacres of Sabra and Chatila in the papers. Personal shock, feeling of shame. These facts form a black mark in the history of my country, Lebanon. Because there had been no official inquiry, apart from the Kahane commission which was under pressure of the Israeli public opinion, and because the facts have been trotted out by many journalists, it did not seem necessary, 20 years on, to make this film an investigation. A filmmaker, even a Lebanese one, can't claim to have the means to judge those responsible for this carnage. It seems to me more important to describe the frames of mind of the survivors, their relationship with their dead. If this film evokes the dead it is because they are omnipresent in the minds of the witnesses.

France - 2002 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Hicham Jurdi Script Hicham Jurdi Camera Nidal Abdoul Khalek, Arnaud Mansir Sound Bassm Abdoul Khalek, Pierre Salignon Editing Juliana Sanchez Music Cheik Imam

Production Les Poissons Volants, 17, rue Visconti, 75006 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4770 4474 Fax : +33 (0)1 4770 4494 E-mail : production@poissonsvolants.com Co-Production Etat d'Urgence Production

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