Here I Am...Here You Are

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Here I Am...Here You Are, is a 2017 Saudi movie, directed by Raed Rafei. with a runtime of 68 minutes.

Overview

Here I Am...Here You Are is a personal Lebanese documentary film that unfolds as a virtual road trip between Italy and Lebanon, stitched together by a director navigating a long-distance relationship made possible only through stolen moments — the reality of strict European visa regimes. Blending still photography with moving images over a lyrical ambient soundscape, the film creates a tender, dreamy portrait of a couple separated by geography and bureaucracy. It quietly examines what it means to be gay in contemporary Beirut, probing whether the recurring sense of incompleteness is rooted in queer experience specifically, or in the broader existential discomfort that defines modern human longing. Intimate, brave, and visually arresting.

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