바카라˜Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™: Cast & Crew
Director: Moahamd W. Ali
Cast: Nowar Yusuf, Sarah Altaweel, Veer Behal, Jennifer Sidhu
Available On: <Unconfirmed>
Duration: 28 Minutes
바카라˜Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™: Story
In the Syrian of 2016, a woman tries to hide the truth from her child by acting out the father's role. Will she be successful in playing the father바카라™s part? Will she be able to hide the truth about the father from the child? Will the two survive the Syrian Civil War? Well, for all that, you바카라™ll have to watch the movie.
바카라˜Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™: Performances
carries the weight of the presentation on her shoulders. The way she switches emotions between shots is so smooth and effortless. While on one hand, she is frustrated and belligerent at the landlady, but in the very next instant, she turns into this caring and soothing voice for her son.
Not sure if Veer Behal is actually unable to speak in real life or not, but the way he has captured the sign language and the necessary expressions to go along with is commendable. Every hand gesture, every twitch in the eye, every smile 바카라“ everything just looked so very well-rehearsed that it brought out naturality in it.
Jennifer Sidhu as the grandmother didn바카라™t seem to serve a lot of purpose in the story.
Sarah Altaweel as the landlady did decently in the minimal screen time that she had.
바카라˜Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™: Script, Direction & Technical Aspects
Moahamd W. Ali바카라™s writing is on point. He manages to keep it short and crisp. He doesn바카라™t wait for the story to give a lot of background details about where it바카라™s set up and what바카라™s happened, and what바카라™s going on in the outer world. But the dialogues are so straightforward, and at times, soul-touching that it makes you feel like you바카라™re sitting on that rugged old sofa watching the story unfold right in front of your eyes.
Moahamd W. Ali바카라™s direction has managed to bring forth a very subtle yet powerful representation of not just a war-stricken life, but also a mother바카라™s undying love for her kid. It바카라™s not easy to show a war-struck family without showing any visuals of the war. Just with some great set design, superb background score and fantastic make-up, he has managed to give the story the necessary depth. Within a minute of the film starting, you바카라™re engrossed in the story, and you even believe the set-up, as it looks so real.
However, there are a few shots which seemed stretched out in the middle, but it could have possibly been done in order to keep the film of a certain length so as to be able to be put in certain categories of film festivals. Moahamd W. Ali and Sadang Arangham바카라™s editing can be blamed a bit for that. Once the film바카라™s done with the film festival circuits, if it바카라™s released on YouTube, these extended slow shots will definitely compel the viewer to switch tabs and start checking out other things.
Shingkhanu Marma바카라™s definitely is the best part of the short film. Getting the lighting perfect, the look of a dilapidated Syrian house perfect and above all keeping everything indoors and yet managing to tell a story from war is an amazing talent. The entire story depends on what the little boy is able to see and hear while eavesdropping on the conversation in the other room. The way Marma has taken the shots of the little boy바카라™s eyes piercing through the small crevice on the door is superb.
Milad Khawam바카라™s music and background score is surely another highlight of the film. He needed to create the sounds of the bullets being fired or the bombs being dropped, knowing well that they will not be shown onscreen. So, just by the BGM one needs to know what바카라™s happening exactly at what instant. A job well done, we must say!
Lastly, the naming of the movie could have been a bit more personal. 바카라˜Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™ doesn바카라™t get that familial feeling. As the story is mostly about the boy바카라™s perspective, it could have been named 바카라˜My Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™. Or, if it were from the mother바카라™s perspective, it could have been 바카라˜Your Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™. Or, even if you had to keep it neutral and vague, 바카라˜A Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™, signifying how much of an importance those footsteps hold in the life of a young boy.
바카라˜Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™: Can Kids Watch It?
Yes
Outlook바카라™s Verdict
Many times, short films end up feeling like a part of a bigger story, but thankfully with 바카라˜Father바카라™s Footsteps바카라™, it felt like the complete thing and nothing seemed amiss. Even though it gets a bit stretched with the long shots in the middle, the presentation comes out perfectly overall. It바카라™s indeed a Must Watch. I am going with 4 stars.
