Le Voyage de Rabia
Meyar Al-Roumi
A school teacher in a small village in Mesopotamia in Syria, takes Rabia, his young fiancée, to introduce her to his mother who lives in a village in the mountains. This car journey is the first time that the young girl has left her native village. Their rough and ready driver is charmed by Rabia...
With : Jafra Younes, Maan Joumaa, Oussama Halal
Screenplay : Meyar Al-Roumi, Mutaa Masaoud Alkak
Image : Meyar Al-Roumi
Sound : Meyar Al-Roumi
Editing : François Quiqueré
Screenplay : Meyar Al-Roumi, Mutaa Masaoud Alkak
Image : Meyar Al-Roumi
Sound : Meyar Al-Roumi
Editing : François Quiqueré
Production : Bizibi // 119 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75011 Paris, France // Tel : +33 1 43 47 15 06 // Email : elbizibi@free.fr
After studying photography at art school in Damascus and cinema at the Université de Paris VIII, Meyar Al-Roumi went into the Image department of La fémis, from which he graduated in 2001. Since then he has been director of photography or cameraman on several films, including Raphaël Jacoulot's Le Ravissement, selected in Premiers Plans in 2001. His documentary on art in Syria, L'Attente du jour (2003) was selected in several festivals. Le voyage de Rabia is his first drama.