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The Black Flour, is a 2001 Syrian movie, directed by Ghasan Shmit. with a runtime of 117 minutes.
The Black Flour is a Syrian social drama set in the countryside during the post-independence era of the late 1940s. Rather than recounting events as straightforward history, the film treats the dramatic happenings of that period as legends woven into the fabric of place, drawing on the director's imaginative memory and Syria's popular oral heritage. The story follows a group of rural characters whose intertwined destinies reflect the broader social upheaval of the era, charting shifting relationships and changing ways of life. A wide, panoramic portrait of Syrian rural society at a moment of profound transformation, told with poetic sensibility and careful attention to human detail.
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