导演:苏哈伊布·加斯梅尔巴里
简介:苏利曼和“苏丹电影俱乐部”的另外三名成员决定重振一家旧电影院。他们不仅因为对电影的热爱和对恢复旧电影存量、再次关注苏丹电影历史的强烈渴望而团结在一起,而且因为他们都曾在流放中接受过电影教育。不知疲倦地,他们试图让影院老板站在他们一边,让这个地方重新运作起来,但他们一再发现自己遭到了相当大的阻力。同时,他们坐在一起谈论过去——包括他们作为对立艺术家遭受迫害甚至折磨的经历。他们还朗读流亡和梦想苏丹时写的旧信,在那里艺术和智力思想可以自由。“我们比他们聪明,但不如他们强大,”他们一致总结了他们的处境。正是在这些简洁的时刻,观众才能够感知到友谊,以及在为共同理想而斗争中存在的纽带和意识形态的团结。苏哈伊布·加斯梅尔巴里把苏丹电影的历史放在影片的中心,同时也揭示了一个受到持续危机影响的国家的现状Sulimanandthreefurthermembersofthe‘SudaneseFilmClub’havedecidedtoreviveanoldcinema.TheyareunitednotonlybytheirloveofcinemaandtheirpassionatedesiretorestoreoldfilmstockanddrawattentiontoSudanesefilmhistoryoncemore,butalsobythefactthattheyhaveallenjoyedafilmeducationinexile.Tirelessly,theytrytogetthecinema’sownersontheirsideandmaketheplaceoperationalagain,butrepeatedlyfindthemselvesupagainstconsiderableresistance.Inthemeantime,theysittogetherandtalkaboutthepast–includingtheirexperiencesofpersecutionandeventortureasoppositionalartists.TheyalsoreadoutoldletterswrittenwhileinexileanddreamofaSudaninwhichartandintellectualthoughtcanbefree.‘Wearesmarterthanthem,butnotasstrong,’ishowtheyunanimouslysummarisetheirsituation.Itisinlaconicmomentssuchasthesethattheviewerisabletoperceivethefriendship,aswellasthebondandideologicalsolidaritythatexistsinthestruggleforcommonideals.SuhaibGasmelbariputsthehistoryofSudanesecinemaatthecentreofhisfilmandatthesametimeshedslightonthecurrentsituationinacountryshakenbyongoingcrises.