Rami Kodeih and Nora Mariana, director and co-screenwriter-producer of "Furies," at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). (Credit: AFP)
Premiering in Venice before screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), backed by George Clooney and selected to represent Lebanon at the Oscars, the film draws on an ordeal experienced by the couple. In early November 2019, Nora Mariana sent a friend this message: "Will we need to write a film about us robbing our own money?" The couple was then living in Los Angeles, but their savings were frozen in Lebanon. Nora needed surgery.Speaking to L'Orient-Le Jour, they recount those weeks of uncertainty: closed banks, inaccessible money, doctors' letters to provide and strict American procedures. "We didn't know how long the crisis would last, everything had changed. Everyone had been affected," recalls Rami Kodeih. Nora Mariana never recovered her savings. To pay for the operation, she had to...
Premiering in Venice before screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), backed by George Clooney and selected to represent Lebanon at the Oscars, the film draws on an ordeal experienced by the couple. In early November 2019, Nora Mariana sent a friend this message: "Will we need to write a film about us robbing our own money?" The couple was then living in Los Angeles, but their savings were frozen in Lebanon. Nora needed surgery.Speaking to L'Orient-Le Jour, they recount those weeks of uncertainty: closed banks, inaccessible money, doctors' letters to provide and strict American procedures. "We didn't know how long the crisis would last, everything had changed. Everyone had been affected," recalls Rami Kodeih. Nora Mariana never recovered her savings. To pay for the operation, she had...
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