Qarantina
Directed by Oday Rasheed
Director Oday Rasheed in person, in conversation with journalist Terry McCarthy.
Director Oday Rasheed in person, in conversation with journalist Terry McCarthy.
A broken family under patriarch Salih lives uneasily within the gated courtyard of a dilapidated house in Baghdad. Meriam, Salih’s daughter, has fallen silent, refusing to tell her father what’s wrong. Salih’s young second wife, Kerima, and his preteen son, Muhanad, provide Meriam with some protection from her father. Meanwhile, with the family hard up for money, Muhanad must work in the street shining shoes and, more ominously, the entire household must cohabitate with a sullen and imperious boarder, a man who works as a hired killer and has taken Kerima as his mistress. In Qarantina Rasheed gorgeously captures today’s Baghdad, a moody and colorful place in the grip of a brooding listlessness. This stunned atmosphere is furthered by the performances of the formidable cast, who suggest unexpected sources of resilience in the wake of catastrophe.
Written by Oday Rasheed. Photographed by Osama Rasheed. With Asaad Abdul Majeed, Alaa Najem, Hattam Auda. In Arabic with subtitles. 90 min. Distributed by Global Film Initiative.
The screening will be followed by an in-depth discussion with Oday Rasheed, moderated by Terry McCarthy.
Terry McCarthy is an award-winning TV and print journalist who has traveled the world for 27 years, covering wars and conflict zones, environmental issues, crime and society across the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America for CBS News, ABC News and TIME magazine, serving as the main Baghdad correspondent for ABC News from 2006 to 2009.
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office open online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
The Film Society’s Artist in Residence program brings an international filmmaker to San Francisco for a two-week residency. Iraqi filmmaker Oday Rasheed will present his drama Qarantina, network with local filmmakers and visit Bay Area high school and college classrooms.
The Artist-in-Residence program is made possible by a grant from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
Qarantina is co-presented by the Global Film Initiative and is part of the Global Lens 2012 film series.
Written by Oday Rasheed. Photographed by Osama Rasheed. With Asaad Abdul Majeed, Alaa Najem, Hattam Auda. In Arabic with subtitles. 90 min. Distributed by Global Film Initiative.
The screening will be followed by an in-depth discussion with Oday Rasheed, moderated by Terry McCarthy.
Terry McCarthy is an award-winning TV and print journalist who has traveled the world for 27 years, covering wars and conflict zones, environmental issues, crime and society across the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America for CBS News, ABC News and TIME magazine, serving as the main Baghdad correspondent for ABC News from 2006 to 2009.
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office open online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
The Film Society’s Artist in Residence program brings an international filmmaker to San Francisco for a two-week residency. Iraqi filmmaker Oday Rasheed will present his drama Qarantina, network with local filmmakers and visit Bay Area high school and college classrooms.
The Artist-in-Residence program is made possible by a grant from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
Qarantina is co-presented by the Global Film Initiative and is part of the Global Lens 2012 film series.
Tuesday, April 3, 7:00 pm
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)