The Wash (Vaskeriet) by Hisham al-Zouki.
Syria/Norway, 2005, 8 min, 35 mm US
première
Taking out the dirty laundry takes on new meanings
in The Wash. Two immigrants in Norway, working as cleaners
for a company entrusted to prepare the site for the visit of the
U.S. president, are suddenly thrown in disarray when blood begins
to drip from the U.S. flag hanging high on its mast. The Wash
is crafted like a caustic allegorical fable on perceptions of the
U.S. that leaves the viewer with an open-ended field of interpretation.
In Norwegian and English with English subtitles.
Mon, Nov 7, 9:00
Tue, Nov 8, 3:00
Cast
and Crew:
Cast: David Allen, Kaja Jacobson, Jonas Grue,
Morten Ruda, Anders Bye Writer: Hisham al-Zouki Producer: Dag Hoel Cinematographer: Nils Petter Lotherington Editor: Oyvind Garau Sound/Music: Hakon Lammentun, Kinan Abu-Afash
Print
Source:
Norwegian Film Institute
Phone: (47 22) 47 45 73
Contact: Toril Simonsen
Email: Toril.Simonsen@nfi.no