COUNTRY
Spain
PRODUCTION
Films de l'Orient, Frame 77
YEAR2023
DURATION60 min
WRITING Georgette Pascual, Mònica Pallí Vert
CINEMATOGRAPHY Eva Parey
MUSIC
Bruno Franquet
EDITION Eva Parey
DISTRIBUTION FeelSales
INTERNATIONAL SALES FeelSales
CONTACT eva@evaparey.com
SYNOPSIS Since the outbreak of the war in Syria there are women refugees who have spent years working as day laborers in the Bekaa Valley under exploitative conditions. their newborn daughters, who arrived in Lebanon also work in the fields. Their future it's uncertain. They cannot prosper in Lebanon because it does not recognize them as citizens, nor their refugee status or protect their basic rights. They cannot return to Syria as long as there is war.
Eva Parey
Barcelona, Spain, 1971. Photojournalist and filmmaker. She is the co-director, screenwriter and DOP of the documentary film
Arrels Fondes (
Deep Roots) co-directed with the journalist Pep Martínez and co-produced by the Balearic Islands Television IB3. The documentary is about the historical memory of the island of Formentera based on the way of life of a group of retired farmers, born during the interwar period, between 1920 and 1945. In November 2020, IB3 broadcasts the documentary
Arrels fondes on television. It is also available on Filmin and has been screened in several theaters in the Balearic Islands.
FILMOGRAPHY
Aamelat. Day Laborers of War (documentary, 2022),
Deep Roots (documentary, 2020)
