Taste of Cement - Der Geschmack von Zement
In Beirut, Syrian construction workers are building a skyscraper while at the same time their own houses at home are being shelled. The Lebanese war is over but the Syrian one still rages on. The workers are locked in the building site. They are not allowed to leave it after 7p.m. 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 work. Cut off from their homeland, they gather at night around a small TV set to get the news from Syria. Tormented by anguish and anxiety, while suffering the deprivation of the most basic human and workers right, they keep hoping for a different life.
Source: 68. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
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Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Colour grading
Editing
Sound design
Music
Production company
in co-production with
Original distributor
Shoot
- Libanon
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.10.2017, 173008, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CH): 23.04.2017, Nyon, Visions du Réel;
Erstaufführung (DE): 09.10.2017, Hamburg, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 24.05.2018
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Taste of Cement - Der Geschmack von Zement
- Weiterer Titel Taste of Cement
- Weiterer Titel Der Geschmack von Zement
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.10.2017, 173008, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CH): 23.04.2017, Nyon, Visions du Réel;
Erstaufführung (DE): 09.10.2017, Hamburg, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 24.05.2018
Awards
- Jurypreis, Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb, beste Bildgestaltung
- Foxtel Movies International Award, Bester Dokumentarfilm
- Harrell Award, Bester Dokumentarfilm
- Sesterce d'or La Mobilière, Internationaler Spielfilmwettbewerb, Bester Langfilm