L’Affaire Mussa
Format: cinema documentary
Direction: Raphaël Harari
Screenplay: Raphaël Harari
Production company: Point Prod
Story
After discovering boxes of family archives, I decided to investigate my father’s exile. Through my eyes, the film paints the portrait of a child who moves from one country to another, far from his roots and his mother, who stayed in Egypt. An intimate and geopolitical journey woven together through archives, encounters and animation.
Development since promotion to level I
During phase I, I was able to delve into the archive material found in my father’s home. These Super8s, DV cassettes and hundreds of letters brought me closer to my father’s life and his exile, which had been veiled in silence. In just four months, I was able to weave a narrative around five countries of exile, draw a portrait of the ghosts of the past and develop the first animation drawings.