Thirst

At a glance

Thirst, is a 1995 Iraqi movie, directed by Parine Jaddo. with a runtime of 14 minutes.

Overview

Thirst is a Lebanese avant-garde film that weaves together autobiography and fiction in a provocative and formally inventive structure. Fragments from the filmmaker's life in post-civil-war Beirut serve as the gateway into a fictional tale of two lovers whose passion descends into fatal madness. The male narrator's authority over the story is disrupted when a female voice intervenes to offer her own competing account of the same events, challenging the viewer to question who controls the narrative and what truth looks like when filtered through different perspectives. Set against the scarred cityscape of post-war Beirut, Thirst is a layered meditation on desire, memory, and the politics of storytelling.

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