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The Cave

Feras Fayyad
Denmark, Syria, Germany, United States, Qatar, France
2019
107 min
Dutch Premiere
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It’s 2016, and great swaths of eastern Ghouta in Syria lie in ruins. Millions of people have already fled, but the bombardments by government forces continue. The area is surrounded, so there’s no escape route for the 400,000 inhabitants. One of the few bright spots in an otherwise utterly bleak situation is the improvised underground hospital where the wounded can get treated. 

Dr Amani is the young pediatrician heading the team of doctors and nurses doing the best they can with limited resources. To make matters worse, she's having to defend herself and her female colleagues against men who believe that women should stick to doing the housework, and that it would be better to have a man at the helm.

While the film does show the effect of the civil war on the population at large, its main focus is on how the hospital staff manages despite the difficult conditions. There’s humor and teasing, but there are also moments of fear, and of despair—are they offering real help, or just a rag to stop the bleeding?

Credits
Director
Production
    Kirstine Barfod for Danish Documentary,
    Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær for Danish Documentary
    Kirstine Barfod for Danish Documentary,
    Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær for Danish Documentary
Cinematography
    Mohammad Kheir,
    Ammar Suleiman,
    Mohammad Eyad
    Mohammad Kheir,
    Ammar Suleiman,
    Mohammad Eyad
Editing
Screenplay
Involved TV Channel
    National Geographic Channel
    National Geographic Channel
World Sales
    Dogwoof
    Dogwoof
Distribution for the Netherlands
    Cinema Delicatessen
    Cinema Delicatessen
Screening copy
    Cinema Delicatessen
    Cinema Delicatessen

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