Concrete Valley (2022)
September 12, 2022Release Date
Concrete Valley (2022)
September 12, 2022Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Hussam Douhna
Rashid
Amani Ibrahim
Farah
Abdullah Nadaf
Ammar
Lynn Nanume
Yanah / Neighbour
Limar Aswad
Marwa
Orwa Aswad
Picnic Dad
Safouwan Bdawi
Hockey Dad
Joanne Green
Picnic Sponsor
Suliman Hafed
Suliman
Aliya Kanani
Saba
Gab Laurence
Aquastat Lady
Dina Levin
Yanah's Roomate
Oksana Masiuk
Oksana
Huda Mourad
Sarah
Mahmoud Musto
Ward
Raj Parmar
Raj Parmar
Nick Saraf
English Teacher
Fatima Waqar
Young Volunteer
Hanan Zeineldin
Manar
Deragh Campbell
Script Consultant
Antoine Bourges
Director / Screenplay
Teyama Alkamli
Screenplay
Shehrezade Mian
Producer
Amir Kiani
Production Design
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Concrete Valley is a Canadian drama film, directed by Antoine Bourges and released in 2022. The film centres on a family of Syrian immigrants to Canada who are struggling to establish themselves in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The film has a cast of predominantly amateur actors.The film was written by Bourges and Teyama Alkamli, based in part on interviews with the cast about their own real experiences as immigrants. It stars Hussam Douhna as Rashid, who was a doctor in Syria but has been humiliated by his inability to use his skills in his new home; Amani Ibrahim as his wife Fahra, who finds meaning by participating in a volunteer neighbourhood cleanup crew; and Abdullah Nadaf as their son Ammar. Aliya Kanani, the main professional actress in the cast, has a supporting role as the leader of the community cleanup group.The film premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. It was later screened at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival in February 2023, before going into commercial release in July.