The Valley of Tears
2012 · Movie · 95 min. · Canada
Marie, a Canadian editor specialized in testimonies of Genocide survivors, starts to receive anonymous large envelopes with the narrative of Ali, a young Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Intrigued, Marie investigates the origin of these envelopes and finds out who is the anonymous writer. This is how she establishes a connection with Joseph, a Lebanese worker hired to paint the offices. A strange relation develops between these two persons who come from very different worlds. But after a while, Joseph abruptly disappears and Marie, overwhelmed by the mission fallen on her, starts a journey into the past, through a small village in Lebanon, in the heart of a bloodthirsty culture were lies the key of all the enigmas.
Direction Maryanne Zéhil
Cast Nathalie Coupal · Joseph Antaki · Wafa Tarabey · Leyla Hakim · Janine Sutto · Nathalie Mallette · Sophie Cadieux · Ziad Karam
Soundtrack Nathalie Coupal
Screenplay Maryanne Zéhil
Cinematography Pierre Mignot
Original title La vallée des larmes (The Valley of Tears)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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