The Night
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In the destroyed city of Quneitra is the grave of a resistance fighter for Palestine. His son, the director, tries to restore the dead man's history by mixing echoes of his mother's memory and his desire to give his father a more honorable death. Through the daily lives, dreams, fears, and hopes of its citizens, Malas chronicles his hometown Quneitra in the Golan Heights between 1936, the year of the first revolts against the British and Zionists in Palestine until the year of the city's destruction. He seeks to exorcise a feeling of shame and humiliation that long accompanied the image of his father and also his town, occupied by Israelis in 1967.
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Cast
24 people
Sabah Al Jazaery
Mother
Also in
Bab Al-Hara
The Price
Fares Al-Helou
Alalla
Known for
Meet the Barbarians
Omar Malas
Son
Reyad Shahrour
Also in
The End of a Brave Man
Aldighri
Maher Sleibi
Hazar Awad
Rajaa Qutarsh
Also in
Dreams of the City
Dreamy Visions
Zyad Mawlaoui
Nizar Abu Hajar
Also in
Diaries of a General Manager
Rijal Al-Izz
Nada Humsi
Samir Murad
Known for
Land of Desire
Four Days in September
Tayseer Idris
Also in
Al Zennd - Wolf of Al Assi
The Leader
Mohammad Malas Director · Ossama Mohammed Writer Youssef Ben Youssef Cinematographer
United States release October 4, 1993 · Produced in Syria · Production شركة مرام للسينما والتلفزيون
Production
المؤسسة العامة للسينما
Production
شركة مرام للسينما والتلفزيون
Production
Syria
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Original title
الليل
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Tunisia · October 2, 1992
Premiere · Carthage Film Festival (exact date unknown)
United States · October 4, 1993
Premiere · New York Film Festival
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