After a
Revolution

Official Selection IDFA 2021

Director Giovanni Buccomino DOP Giovanni Buccomino, Naziha Karima Arebi Editor James Scott Editor supervisor Niels Pagh Andersen Music Jacaszek Sound design Giovanni Buccomino Produced by Naziha Karima Arebi, Giovanni Buccomino, Alessandro Carroli  Executive producer Bad Donkey Films, EIE Film, Rai Cinema Production Bob Moore, Maya Daisy Hawke In association with Urban Republic, Eyesteelfilm
Country Libya, Italy, UK Running time 122′ Year 2021 Festivals IDFA 2021, Millennium Agains Gravity 2022, FIFDH Geneva 2022 (Grand Prix de Genève), One World – Prague 2022, CPH:DOX 2022, DOK Munich 2022, BIOGRAFILM 2022 (Best international Documentary), MEDITERAN FILM FESTIVAL 2022, BUDAPEST FF 2022, RIDF 2022

In Libya, a brother and a sister invest heart and soul for the future of their country during the 2011 revolution. But each of them from a different side of the front: he supported Gaddafi, she fought for the “rebels”. Now she belongs to the ruling class, fighting to defend the oppressed and rehabilitate people like her brother. We follow them for over six years, during which she runs for elections while he struggles with the trauma caused by the war.

Intimate scenes of daily life with their children contrast with the fierce arguments in political meetings. The consequences of the revolution are far from being over and brother and sister persist in their struggle for the country they love. This not only concerns the careful restoration of a sanctuary previously destroyed by extremists, but also the personal safety and safety of their respective families. As soon as brother and sister receive threats from all sides, they decide to flee to Tunisia. Here they contemplate the repercussions of war and the fragility of democracy as their disillusionment grows.

When your country has been torn apart, how can you rebuild it from the rubble?