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[MEL] Voices of Bam
VOICES OF BAM
An impressionistic rendering of life in a destroyed city. Variety
Voices of Bam offers a poetic view of life struggling to resurrect itself in a ruined city.
In December 2003, a major earthquake struck the ancient Iranian city of Bam, reducing it to rubble and killing almost a third of its inhabitants. The survivors beautiful and wilful carry on with their lives under roofless houses and fallen walls.
We bear witness to their cataclysmic loss through a collection of photographs recovered from the debris. These tattered prints, along with voice-overs of survivors talking to the loved ones they have lost, offer a stark cinema verité of their hardscrabble lives.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at last years Tribeca Film Festival.
Sat, 11th of August, 11:00 AM Greater Union
http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au/2007/film?film_id=7149
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