"And the Fish Fly Above Our Heads" follows three men whose paths also tell the story of Lebanon. (Credit: Dima al-Horr)
Dima al-Horr's "And the Fish Fly Above Our Heads" is a film about the sea, the sea that swallows up bodies and releases others. The first shot of the documentary freezes on the sea, while the last one lingers on it.Dima films the daily lives of three men who frequent the Beirut corniche. Three men scarred by life, by war, for whom repeating certain gestures seems to be the only possible anchor. Reda, Assem, and Adel all walk along the corniche with the moods of castaways, while clinging to life, because "you only get one," as Reda says during filming. A life that, for Lebanese people, is punctuated by wars that multiply and resemble each other in a country where social disparities are legion. Read more A sky for fish, a sea for the dead, by Maylis de Kerangal Twenty years laterBut this film is also about...
Dima al-Horr's "And the Fish Fly Above Our Heads" is a film about the sea, the sea that swallows up bodies and releases others. The first shot of the documentary freezes on the sea, while the last one lingers on it.Dima films the daily lives of three men who frequent the Beirut corniche. Three men scarred by life, by war, for whom repeating certain gestures seems to be the only possible anchor. Reda, Assem, and Adel all walk along the corniche with the moods of castaways, while clinging to life, because "you only get one," as Reda says during filming. A life that, for Lebanese people, is punctuated by wars that multiply and resemble each other in a country where social disparities are legion. Read more A sky for fish, a sea for the dead, by Maylis de Kerangal Twenty years laterBut this film is also about...
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