The Ruins
Released 5 years ago in 2021. The Ruins is a documentary film. directed by Raed Rafei. At just 15 minutes, it's a tight, focused story.
Synopsis
A drawing of an ancient bathhouse in a French travel book to the Middle East sparks a visual poem, inspired by the Arab poetry tradition of "standing by the ruins". The ambivalence of the five-hundred-year-old image gestures towards enduring capitalist and colonial power dynamics. Pleasure and pain, seduction and domination, archives and ruins, histories of sex, and histories of empire, all commingle in this essay film. What transpires is a web of visible and invisible threads where homosexuality in the Middle East today seems to be enmeshe
Quick Facts
Release Date
September 9, 2021
4 years ago
Runtime
0h 15m
15 minutes total
Language
English
Original language
Country
Lebanon
+ 1 more
Director
Production Details
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- EN
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Ruins about?
A drawing of an ancient bathhouse in a French travel book to the Middle East sparks a visual poem, inspired by the Arab poetry tradition of "standing by the ruins". The ambivalence of the five-hund...
Who directed The Ruins?
The Ruins was directed by Raed Rafei.
How long is The Ruins?
The Ruins has a runtime of 0 hours and 15 minutes (15 minutes total).
When was The Ruins released?
The Ruins was released on September 9, 2021 in theaters.