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Taste of Cement

2017

Ziad Kalthoum

Documentary, Self: Tia Alkerdi, Yara Ibrahim

7.0

65

Documentary In Beirut, Syrian construction workers are building a skyscraper while at the same time their own houses at home are being shelled. The workers are locked in the building site. They are not allowed to leave it after 7 pm. The Lebanese government has imposed night-time curfews on the refugees. The only contact with the outside world for these Syrian workers is the hole through which they climb out in the morning to begin a new day of ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"An arresting meditation on construction and destruction (...) The director skillfully uses images and sound to plunge us into lives disrupted by years of conflict"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Fiercely lyrical in its approach, potent and unavoidable in its message (...) Striking as the film is visually, the sound is also a crucial component throughout."
		James Lattimer Slant	"Though conveying everyday trauma and uncertainty via atmosphere and association (...) these intelligent ideas are all too often marred by Kalthoum’s clumsy execution."

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