Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- 18
- Language
- English
- Country
- Syria, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
- found footage
- woman director
- syria
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Directed
- Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 319 ratings
- Studio
- ITN Productions, Channel 4 Television
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
