On Friday, Tunisian actress Dorra celebrated the international premiere of her first feature as a director and producer "The Life That Remains" at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival. Several superstars attended the film premiere to support the Tunisian actress like Laila Elwi, CIFF President Hussein Fahmy, and others.
The film traces the life of a Palestinian family who fled Gaza a few days after the beginning of the war.
Nadine who delivered her twin babies a few days before the war draws a comparison between life in Gaza before and after the war.
Nadine represents Palestinian women who once upon a time had a normal life, dreams, hopes, routine, and home. Nadine and her mother emotionally reveal the horrors women experience beneath the ashes. She does not only fear losing their kids, families, and homes, but they are in traumatic thinking to deliver the needs of their families, including food, and shelter. Tragic scenes before and after the war in Gaza attract the audience to be involved in such a documentary about the story of the Gazans that will never die.
Several stories of the girls who lost their club, and team in war, all their dreams turned to dust, and all that remain are two medals from a previous coronation. Another story of Amir who is a fresh medicine graduate who abandoned his dreams to save his life.
One of the most emotional shots is the trip of the family to the shores of Egypt, and their recalls for the memories on the Gazan shores.
Dana's story is also influential as her spontaneous spirit and casual camera shots depict the normal life and hopes of every Palestinian who lives in Gaza, and how the meaning of life shifted from ambition to despair.