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Talking About Trees

  • 20192019
  • 1h 33m
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7.4/10
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Talking About Trees (2019)
Documentary
Four older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and ... Read allFour older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and again draw attention to Sudanese film history.Four older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and again draw attention to Sudanese film history.
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7.4/10
796
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    • Suhaib Gasmelbari
    • Suhaib Gasmelbari
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    • Manar Al Hilo
    • Suleiman Ibrahim
    • Altayeb Mahdi
    • Suhaib Gasmelbari
    • Suhaib Gasmelbari
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    • Manar Al Hilo
    • Suleiman Ibrahim
    • Altayeb Mahdi
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    • 3User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Manar Al Hilo
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    Suleiman Ibrahim
    • Self
    Altayeb Mahdi
    • Self
    HGM Moe Ji One
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    • (as Hgm Moejione Mohammed Gaber)
    Ibrahim Shaddad
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      • Suhaib Gasmelbari
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      The title "Talking About Trees" is inspired by a poem by Bertolt Brecht which reads "What kind of times are these, when to talk about trees is almost a crime, because it implies silence about so many horrors?". These verses are quoted by Manar Al Hilo during the movie.
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      Features Modern Times (1936)

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    9/10
    For the love of cinema, for the love of people
    This is a documentary, and a moving one. In Sudan, an aging group of men, all filmmakers themselves and calling themselves the SFG (the Sudanese Film Group), are trying to bring cinema back to the local population. They reminisce about their own histories as movie makers, while they screen Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" for small but affectionate locals. But they are only able to show movies on a small scale and to few people, when their real objective is to revive a destitute movie house so that the young can experience the magic of a movie theater. This movie is really about the love of cinema. As a movie lover myself, I was emotionally invested. Completely. I was made teary-eyed by the passion of these older movie lovers, and it is with them that the movie really soars. These 4 cineastes are gentle, funny, and lovable. They carry with them both a wisdom about their perhaps futile cause, and a wariness about the realities of having to live under totalitarian rule. It is these 4 men and their passion. You will love getting to know them and spending 90 minutes with them, especially if you care about movies as much as they do. A find!
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      • December 18, 2019 (France)
      • France
      • Sudan
      • Chad
      • Germany
      • Qatar
      • United Arab Emirates
      • Official Site (Japan)
      • Arabic
      • English
      • Russian
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      • Cinema Halfaya, Khartoum, Sudan
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      • Agat Films & Cie
      • Goi-Goi Productions
      • Made In Germany Filmproduktion
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