23 Kilometres (2015)

On the Damascus Road in Lebanon's beautiful Bekaa Valley, an aging man with late-stage Parkinson's takes one last journey.

Director:

Noura Kevorkian

Writer:

Noura Kevorkian

Stars:

Barkev Kevorkian, Noura Kevorkian, Serena Kevorkian

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Barkev Kevorkian	...	Himself
Noura Kevorkian	...	Herself
Serena Kevorkian	...	Young mother
Lara K. Scherzer	...	Young Girl
Jano Sherbetjian	...	Young Barkev

Storyline

On the Damascus Road in Lebanon's beautiful Bekka Valley, an Armenian man with late-stage Parkinson's takes one last journey. This impressionistic film is a journey into the mind and life of a man with a crippling disease. In addition to the tremors and shakes, Barkev suffers from the lesser known 'monster' of Parkinson's, the relentless hallucinations that swing him back and forth between time and space. A machine maker and an amateur cosmologist, Barkev can no longer speak. Yet through his journals, his machines, and powerful imagery with music, the film travels both physically and metaphorically into the past and the future of both the man and his country Lebanon, a country debilitated by sectarian division not unlike Barkev's Parkinson's diseased body, left a shell of its former self by war, dwelling on the past, unable to imagine its own future.

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Plot Keywords:

parkinson's disease | essay film | experimental | drama documentary | 

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Taglines:

What if your body became a prison?

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

production company website production company website

Country:

Canada Lebanon United Arab Emirates

Language:

Armenian Arabic English

Release Date:

5 July 2015 (Czech Republic)

Filming Locations:

Lebanon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Saaren Films, Six Island Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

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