THE SWING

By Cyril ARIS

KARLOVY VARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2018

Viviane and Antoine have lived together for 65 years, and while she still has her strength, he has long been bedridden. So no one is able or has any desire to tell the weakened old man the distressing news that his beloved daughter has suddenly died. Indeed, the grief might cause his death.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2018
Documentary Films - Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Drama, First film
    • Countries
    • LEBANON
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, FRENCH, ITALIAN
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 74 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Cyril ARIS
    • Producer(s)
    • Cyril ARIS (CYRIL ARIS)
    • Synopsis
    • On the eve of his 90th birthday, life hangs by a thread for Antoine as he anticipates the visit of his daughter gone on a journey to South America, while his wife for 65 years, Viviane, also suffering from the aches of old age, endures an excruciating double sentencing: dealing with her daughter’s t