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THE WELL


Directed by | Ahmad Habash

Genre fiction  |  Length: 15mins  |  Year of production: 2011


Ahmad Habash (Fatenah, 2009) departs from his previous animation style in this accomplished period drama. During the 1948 war, a day after the massacre that shocked the region, an elderly man meets a young father and son running for their lives. The old man, familiar with the area, leads the way as the three take up their common goal of leaving their homeland for safety. On the run after nearly falling into the hands of enemy forces, they take shelter in an abandoned well one held in folklore to possess magical powers...