While We Are Here

Clarissa Campolina
2019-01-27


6.3
75 min

“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mary Ghattas Lamis Unowned
Marcelo Souza e Silva Wilson Unowned
Grace Passô (Narrator) Unowned
Gláucia Vandeveld Mãe de Wilson Unowned
Theo Campolina Pretti Omar Unowned