‘The Sea is Behind’ Screening at Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya Arab Film Festival 2015

Since 2001, Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya has promoted Independent Lebanese and Arab films, and encouraged young talents to lend their imagination to the big screen.

About the Movie
Tarik lives in a land without color, a land where water is contaminated by a strange phenomenon of “water bugs”. He wears make-up and dresses as a woman. He dances on a cart drawn by a dying horse, and his father has practically abandoned him. One day, Tarik’s horse, Larbi, stops in the middle of a procession and refuses to take another step. Tarik will have to learn to live again and surrender to the colors of his life, the only way to escape the dullness of the world around him.

About the Director
Hicham Lasri is a Moroccan filmmaker. After studying law and economic, he began a long learning period, writing plays, novels, screenplays and comic books. His first film, The End, talked about the last days of the reign of King Hassan II. In 2013, he directed They are the Dogs. This feature draws parallels between the Arab Spring in Casablanca of 2011 and bread revolts in Morocco of 1981. The film won numerous awards.