Nabil Maleh, ‘Father Of Syrian Cinema’, Dead At 79

“[His] 1972 film, The Leopard, based on a novel by the Syrian author Haydar Haydar, was the first feature film released by the state-run National Film Organization and won first prize at the Locarno Film Festival that year. It tells the story of a lone rebel who defends his village against corrupt local authorities.”

source ArtsJournal http://ift.tt/1T95fuI

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