Lebanese filmmaker Bass Breish is gearing up to make his feature debut, Mate, with German production house Filmbucht Filmproduktion.
Set in a Druze village in Mount Lebanon, the film revolves around the relationship between a daughter, who returns to the village after the collapse of her marriage, and her mother, a woman in her seventies who is having an affair with a married man.
“I like films in which the audience doesn’t know exactly where to stand – although the old woman has a right to love, the daughter has a right to be angry. I’ll depict different scenarios reflecting these different points of view,” said Breish.
The title of the film refers to the South American caffeine-infused drink, which is also popular among the Druze in Syria and Lebanon.
Roman Roitman will produce the film through Cologne-based Filmbucht, which produces commercials, documentaries and shorts.
Breish met Roitman while taking part in the Film Prize for International...
Set in a Druze village in Mount Lebanon, the film revolves around the relationship between a daughter, who returns to the village after the collapse of her marriage, and her mother, a woman in her seventies who is having an affair with a married man.
“I like films in which the audience doesn’t know exactly where to stand – although the old woman has a right to love, the daughter has a right to be angry. I’ll depict different scenarios reflecting these different points of view,” said Breish.
The title of the film refers to the South American caffeine-infused drink, which is also popular among the Druze in Syria and Lebanon.
Roman Roitman will produce the film through Cologne-based Filmbucht, which produces commercials, documentaries and shorts.
Breish met Roitman while taking part in the Film Prize for International...
- 12/17/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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