Marta Balaga Move over, Richard Donner. In “Behind the Mountains,” premiering in Venice’s Horizons section, Mohamed Ben Attia makes sure “you’ll believe a man can fly” once again.
Although it might not be as graceful. “I didn’t want him to be like a superhero or fly like Superman. He is floating, struggling with gravity,” he says about his protagonist Rafik, who gives up his entire life – and even ends up in jail – chasing an impossible dream.
But there is one place where dreams come to life and he wants his son to experience it too. The Tunisian director, also behind “Hedi” and “Dear Son,” was hesitant to play with supernatural elements at first. “I don’t have any technical background.
I am not technical at all! But I’ve become obsessed with this man, who extracts himself from his community in such a radical way.
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