After Spring
(Depois da primavera)
Pedro Rossi, Isabel Joffily | Documentary
2021 | 83 minutes | Brazil
Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to fight for democracy in the country where they found refuge.
Synopsis
Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to fight for democracy in the country where they found refuge. History repeats itself: in 2013 they were forced to leave Aleppo, Syria, after fighting against the repressive Baathist regime. Behind they left their mother, Lawahez, and their father, Abdo. The family is reunited six years after the separation, in a Brazil in transformation.
Divided between a country at war and a democracy that is more than fragile, the film takes us along the paths of exile and the struggles for a more just world.
Reviews
“Their speeches range from the comparison between the way the two countries deal with health and public education, to the differences in freedom of expression. If there was any doubt that we should never treat subjects that involve distinct cultural manifestations with a reductionist bias, After Spring comes to corroborate the thesis that it is never as simple as it seems.” – Jorge Cruz Jr., Apostila de Cinema
Citation
Main credits
Joffily, Isabel (film director)
Joffily, Isabel (film producer)
Rossi, Pedro (film director)
Joffily, José (film producer)
Bakkour, Adel (screenwriter)
Bakkour, Adel (on-screen participant)
Bakkour, Hadi (screenwriter)
Bakkour, Hadi (on-screen participant)
Other credits
Cinematographer, Pedro Rossi; editing, Isabel Joffily [and 3 others].
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Activism
Culture + Identity
Exile
Family
Fascism + Repression
History
Human Rights
Migration Studies
Political Science
Race + Ethnicity
Sociology
South America
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse; Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema
DIRECTOR: Pedro Rossi, Isabel Joffily
NATIONALITY: Brazil
YEAR: 2021
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Portuguese; Arabic; Other languages
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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