The Valley
Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage
Ghassan Salhab / Feature Narrative / Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / 2014 / 135 min / Colour / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama, Thriller, War, Suspense, Arthouse
Synopsis
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….
Credits
- Director
- Ghassan Salhab
- Screenwriter
- Ghassan Salhab
- Producer
- Georges Schoucair
About the Director
Ghassan Salhab is a Lebanese screenwriter and film director. He collaborates on various projects and teaches film in Lebanon. He has directed feature films such as 'Beyrouth Fantôme', 'Terra Incognita', 'The Last Man', '1958', 'The Mountain', 'The Valley', 'An open Rose/Warda' and 'The River'. In addition to numerous essays and different video works, including 'Posthumous', 'Chinese Ink', 'Son Image', and 'Le voyage immobile', with Mohamed Soueid. La Rochelle International Film Festival, JCC Carthage, GIFF (Mexico), and La Cinémathèque du Québec have paid tribute to his work. He has also published different texts and articles in various magazines, and two books: 'Fragments du Livre du Naufrage and 'à contre-jour (depuis Beyrouth)'.
Awards and Festival History
Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival, The Films of the 45th Forum 2015 (Germany)
Toronto International Film Festival 2014, in Contemporary World Cinema Category (Canada)