On Saturday, Dima El-Horr unveiled "Every Day Is a Holiday", a sort of road trip in war-scarred Lebanon at the Rome Film Festival. "We live in such a tormented country, an absurd country," El-Horr said. "We have the feeling that reality is always mingled with fantasy." The film takes place on Lebanon's Independence Day, when three women meet on a bus heading to visit their partners in a prison in a remote part of the country. Melding reality with fantasy, it becomes a metaphor for the women's private quests for independence. The jury led by US director Milos Forman ("Amadeus") includes Algerian...
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