Sacred Hearts
Rima who fled Syria with her family, struggles with her integration in Brussels. Caught between tradition and modernity, she draws her memories of her previous life in dialogue with an Iranian filmmak…
Sacred Hearts
Rima who fled Syria with her family, struggles with her integration in Brussels. Caught between tradition and modernity, she draws her memories of her previous life in dialogue with an Iranian filmmaker, herself a newcomer to Belgium. Vida Dena's feature documentary debut, My Paper Life, is an intimate and subtly expansive portrait of a Syrian family living in a house in Brussels that seldom leaves the confines of its four pink walls. Dena's film focuses on the two eldest daughters, Hala and Rima and the family's growing collection of drawings and dreams. Surrounded by sketches, the young women recall their journey and their home, their plans to study and to marry, and what other possibilities they hope this new life might have in store.
Sacred Hearts
Drama
Film Details
Rima who fled Syria with her family, struggles with her integration in Brussels. Caught between tradition and modernity, she draws her memories of her previous life in dialogue with an Iranian filmmaker, herself a newcomer to Belgium. Vida Dena's feature documentary debut, My Paper Life, is an intimate and subtly expansive portrait of a Syrian family living in a house in Brussels that seldom leaves the confines of its four pink walls.
Dena's film focuses on the two eldest daughters, Hala and Rima and the family's growing collection of drawings and dreams. Surrounded by sketches, the young women recall their journey and their home, their plans to study and to marry, and what other possibilities they hope this new life might have in store..