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A World Not Ours

A World Not Ours (A'lamun laysa lana)

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  • United Kingdom,
  • Lebanon,
  • Denmark,
  • United Arab Emirates
  • 2012
  • · 93m

Director Mahdi Fleifel
Cast Mahdi Fleifel

This documentary follows three generations of refugees in a camp in southern Lebanon. A combination of historical footage as well as more personal accounts offers an intimate perspective on the everyday of Ein el-Helweh in this emotionally moving yet, at times, humorous film.

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80

Total Film by Andrew Lowry

Offering a fascinating window into a world often distorted and oversimplified, this is informative, stimulating and moving stuff.

70

The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold

Mr. Fleifel helps walk us through the history with an ingratiating voice-over that lightens the seemingly permanent clouds of a dire history.

70

Village Voice by Diana Clarke

Fleifel gathers the messy detritus of everyday living, laughs at it, then shows the viewer what it means.

63

Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene

Mahdi Fleifel's usage of a domestic archive of home-video images inherited from his father lends the doc a simultaneous sense of historical gravitas and intimacy.

60

Time Out London by Cath Clarke

In this heartfelt film, Fleifel shows us the human cost of the conflict.