Cast lead

Written and directed by Stefano Savona

Produced by Pulsemedia Roberto Ruini and Fausto Rizzi

SYNOPSIS
No one can get in or out of Gaza. It’s January 6, 2009, the eleventh day of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. Air-raid bombings and intensifying land attacks are taking place behind the insurmountable wall which separates Gaza from the rest of the world, but witnesses have been unable to penetrate the Strip to date. It’s been impossible to force the airtight block to the international press imposed by occupying forces. Only the dead, the wounded, and some trucks bringing medication pass the Egyptian frontier. Those come to describe the war have to make do with the odd phrase snatched from first-aid helpers, as all lenses point towards the dense columns of black smoke rising in the distance from between the houses on the other side. All of a sudden, as if by chance, a tiny crack in the impermeable defence system occurs, and a very small number of people manage to get in. Amongst them, a director with a TV camera. This movie is about what that camera was able to film across the border, the simple tale, using those images, of daily life in Gaza during the last tragic days of ‘operation Cast Lead.

International Locarno Film Festival 2009: Special Prize Giuria Ciné Cinéma Cineasti del Presente
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2009: Mention Image

Annecy Cinema Italien 2010: Prix du Jury Documentaires

Annecy Cinema Italien 2010: Prix du Jury Documentaires

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