The One Man Village
Overview
Genre
Portrait, Anthropology, Environment, Human Interest, and Society
Synopsis
Semaan is leading a quiet life on his farm in the small village of Ain al-Halazoun in the
Lebanese mountains. The hamlet was completely emptied and destroyed in combats during
the civil war in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990. Today, many years after an official
reconciliation, its inhabitants, who are all from one family, regularly go back to the village to
cultivate their plots of land or visit their houses and always leave before sunset.
In his comforting and humorous film Simon El Habre observes the life in his quasi ghost
village and tries to reflect on the collective and individual memory in a country that seems to
live in a collective amnesia and is vulnerable to a new civil war.
Stage
finished
Running time
86 minutes
Links
Official Website
The One Man Village Official Website
Credits
Simon El Habre
... Director, Producer, Editor
Jad Abi Khalil
... Co-Producer
Irit Neidhardt
... Co-Producer
Bassem Fayad
... Director of Photography
Marc Karam
... Director of Photography
Chadi Roukoz
... Sound
Emil Aouad
... Sound design
Production Details
Prod. Co.
Beirut DC
Country
Lebanon
Production years
2008
Locations
Lebanon
Prod. Partners
Khalil Abu Mrad, Mec Film, Platform Studios, DIFF, EuroDoc
Distribution Details
Release year
2009
Festivals
Dubai IFF, Berlinale, HotDocs, Edinburgh, Fid Marseilles, Dok Fest Munich, Documenta Madrid, Expression en Corto...
Awards
Best International Feature Documentary (HotDocs), Special Jury Award (DIFF), Best Documentary (AMAL Film Festival)...
Distribution
Mec Film
Language
Arabic
Subtitles
English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, Serbian
Overview
Genre
Portrait, Anthropology, Environment, Human Interest, and SocietySynopsis
Semaan is leading a quiet life on his farm in the small village of Ain al-Halazoun in the
Lebanese mountains. The hamlet was completely emptied and destroyed in combats during
the civil war in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990. Today, many years after an official
reconciliation, its inhabitants, who are all from one family, regularly go back to the village to
cultivate their plots of land or visit their houses and always leave before sunset.
In his comforting and humorous film Simon El Habre observes the life in his quasi ghost
village and tries to reflect on the collective and individual memory in a country that seems to
live in a collective amnesia and is vulnerable to a new civil war.
Stage
finishedRunning time
86 minutesLinks
Official Website
The One Man Village Official WebsiteCredits
Simon El Habre
... Director, Producer, Editor
Jad Abi Khalil
... Co-Producer
Irit Neidhardt
... Co-Producer
Bassem Fayad
... Director of Photography
Marc Karam
... Director of Photography
Chadi Roukoz
... Sound
Emil Aouad
... Sound design