Film Programme
The executioner's tear
documentary,
Sun, 17:00
France , 2012, 26'13''
Director: Layth Abdulamir
Producer: Jawad Salam
Cinematographer: Mohamed Al Halouani
Writer: Layth Abdulamir
Editor: William Roy
Synopsis: Death penalty persists in some countries. Ashmawi, the Egypt's executioner is convinced of being God's hand on earth. He is a careful professional of legal murder. The condemned one, meanwhile, testify to their pain and to the unbearable wait for death.
Director: Layth Abdulamir
Layth Abdulamir, born in Iraq in 1957, escaped the Saddam Hussein regime and lives today in France. He has a degree in Art and Cinema from Paris and Kiev universities. He worked for the channel Dubai TV from 1999 to 2004. He also directed several documentaries and in particular “Iraq, song of the missing men” which received an award in 2005 in the Egyptian festival: Hossam Ali, Documentaries Film Festival.
