The Cave (2019 Syrian film)

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The Cave
File:The Cave 2019 Syrian poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Feras Fayyad
Produced by Sigrid Dyekjær
Kirstine Barfod
Written by Alisar Hasan
Feras Fayyad
Starring Amani Ballour
Music by Matthew Herbert
Cinematography Muhammed Khair Al Shami
Ammar Sulaiman
Mohammad Eyad
Samer Qweder
Edited by Denniz Göl Bertelsen
Per K. Kirkegaard
Production
company
Danish Documentary Production
Hecat Studio
Distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films (United States)
Release dates
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  • September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05) (TIFF)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country Denmark
Syria
Language Arabic
English
Box office $191,703[1][2]

The Cave (Arabic: الكهف‎‎) is a 2019 Syrian-Danish documentary film directed by Feras Fayyad and written by Fayyad and Alisar Hasan.[3] A companion piece to his earlier film Last Men in Aleppo,[4] the film profiles Dr. Amani Ballour, a physician in Ghouta who is operating a makeshift hospital nicknamed "the Cave" during the Syrian Civil War.[5] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 5, 2019.

Summary

In an interview, Fayyad said his purpose in making the film was to create documentary evidence that could be used to seek justice for innocent victims of the civil war. "The film should put people in an uncomfortable position to look through the terrible reality around us," he said.[6]

Reception

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Accolades

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.[9]

The Cave was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards.[10]

References

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  3. ↑ Brent Lang, "With ‘The Cave,’ ‘Last Men in Aleppo’ Director Feras Fayyad Returns to Syria to Find a Hero". Variety, September 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ Caryn James, "'The Cave': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter, September 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ Tomris Laffley, "Toronto Film Review: ‘The Cave’". Variety, September 5, 2019.
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  8. ↑ Metacritic
  9. ↑ Jessica Wong, "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award". CBC News, September 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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