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Chaos

2018 · 95 min

A quiet, heavy meditation on displacement and inner collapse, told through voices and images that linger like a held breath.

Directed by
Sara Fattahi
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jaschka Lämmert, Raja, Heba
Overview
'Chaos' narrates the story of three women in three different cities. They have given up on life. One lives in Damascus. She has stopped speaking to others entirely, isolating herself in her flat. The other has left Damascus as a result of the war and went to Sweden, where she imprisons herself in her paintings, hoping through them to rid herself of the torments of the past. The third ended up in Vienna and faces an unknown future, like the ghost of a woman who fled Austria after the Second World War. It is a discussion between a woman stuck in Damascus, a second stuck in exile, and a third who has recently left. It is a conversation between the interior and exterior – an impossible conversation.

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Directed by
Sara Fattahi
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jaschka Lämmert, Raja, Heba
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • war
  • memory
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Sara Fattahi
Starring
Jaschka Lämmert, Raja, Heba
Runtime
95 min
Country
Qatar, Lebanon, Austria, Syrian Arab Republic
Languages
Arabic, German

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