THE WAY HOME

Syria, Lebanon I 2018 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 65 min

Through his quest to better understand the shredded state of his family, Wael questions the long-lasting socio-political crisis in Syria: “In 1980, I was born in Syria. In 1985, I met my father for the first time and realised that the woman I always called “mother” was in fact my grandmother. A few years later my journey fighting cancer started. In 2000, I asked about and searched for my biological mother and our
family history. In 2013, I fled to Lebanon and continued my family research with the conviction that cancer, family dismantlement, and urban
transformations are a mere metaphor of our present general social and political crisis.”

CAST & CREDITS
Director: Wael Kadlo
Writer: Wael Kadlo
DOP: Wael Kadlo, Rami Nihawi, Juma Hamdo, Ayman Nahle
Producer: Wael Kadlo, Nadim Deaibes