Video

The Fountain

Akram Zaatari

1994, 10:00 minutes, Arabic w English s.t

TAPECODE 406.25

A family of an Egyptian carpet worker lives in the ruins of an old mansion house. The stories told about the place, and the memories of childhood unfold as everybody gather around the fountain. The family fills the atmosphere with life as the mother describes the wedding of her son in the garden, the children site their memories, while the husband repairs a fountain in the middle of the garden. The three interviews are weaved together with a relative and neighbour singing:"walking in the streets of Beirut, looking for the lover, I entered houses and palaces, but couldn't find the lover..."

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