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Taste of Cement

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Syrian construction workers build skyscrapers in Beirut while their homes are being bombed.
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Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter 02/06/2018
An arresting mediation on construction and destruction. Go to Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World 02/13/2021
Concrete smell is the smell of rebuilding and smell of destruction. Kalthoum achieves something miraculous here. Something that is arty enough for the public already jaded and numbed by the sheer stupidity of the world and don't care anymore, to care. Go to Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film 03/24/2018
4.5/5
When the sound arrives it is intense, the noise of construction and the unmistakable clatter of war, acting along with heartbreaking visuals of the aftermath of a bombing, as an attack on the senses after the quietude of what has gone before. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/11/2018 It's just tasteless! See more Read all reviews
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Ziad Kalthoum

Director

Ziad Kalthoum

Writer

Ansgar Frerich

Producer

Eva Kemme

Producer

Tobias Siebert

Producer

Sebastian Tesch

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Synopsis Syrian construction workers build skyscrapers in Beirut while their homes are being bombed.
Director
Ziad Kalthoum
Producer
Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert
Screenwriter
Ziad Kalthoum
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 13, 2020
Runtime
1h 25m
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