Syrian film director Thaer Musa returns to his homeland after a 14-year absence, bringing his feature film "Mazar al-Samt" to meet the Syrian audience in a special screening hosted by the Damascus Opera House on November 16. The director describes this milestone as a moment he has long looked forward to, where he presents his film in his country and before his national audience.
The film "Mazar al-Samt" revolves around the psychological and human suffering of Syrian women, starting with scenes of harsh torture that depict the experience of detention in the prisons of the fallen regime. From this stems the story of the girl "Layla," who loses her ability to speak out of grief for her detained brother, and is forced to make painful sacrifices and accept a sham marriage as a false hope to save him, with her silence and resilience gradually transforming from a state of helplessness into a symbol of protest and spiritual elevation in the face of injustice and defeat.
In a statement issued to the media, director Thaer Musa said: "My choice to leave Syria was never voluntary; rather, my position from the first day supporting the revolution and opposing the fallen regime forced me to do so, as I left Damascus in the last quarter of 2012." He added: "I was forced to film "Mazar al-Samt" outside Syria, which I was barred from entering, with Tunisia being chosen, noting that executing the work there posed a significant challenge in creating a Syrian village in a different environment, which he believes the team achieved to a large extent."
The creative biography of Syrian director Thaer Musa, a graduate of the Polish Film School in Łódź, condenses a rich cinematic and dramatic experience that moved between cinema and television production. Since his beginnings, which saw the Syrian Television ban the screening of his first documentary about the playwright Fawaz al-Sajjar and his departure to Europe to work in Rome, his artistic milestones succeeded one another after his later return to direct prominent documentary and feature works, including the series "Pillars of Light," the film "Forgiveness," and the documentary about Mamdouh Adwan, alongside the film "Journey of the Wings," and dramatic series such as "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Escape."
With the launch of the Syrian revolution in 2011, Musa left again the following year due to his supportive stance towards the Syrian people's uprising against tyranny, continuing his artistic project in exile and turning the experience of exile into a creative product that yields today his feature film "Mazar al-Samt." The screening is held under the patronage of the Syndicate of Artists, in coordination with the Ministry of Culture and the Opera House, with free tickets available at the box office for those wishing to attend.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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