There Are So Many Things Still to Say

1997 film

There Are So Many Things Still to Say وهناك أشياء كثيرة كان يمكن أن يتحدث عنها المرء
Directed by	Omar Amiralay
Produced by	ARTE France - Grains de Sable
Narrated by	Saadallah Wannous
Cinematography	Etienne De Grammont
Edited by	Dominique Pâris
Distributed by	Grains de Sable
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	49 minutes
Countries	France Syria
Languages	Arabic, French and English subtitles

There Are So Many Things Still to Say (Arabic: وهناك أشياء كثيرة كان يمكن أن يتحدث عنها المرء) is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay. The film was based on an interview with Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous a few months before he died of cancer. Wannous, Amiralay's friend, speaks about his disappointment and grief relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict and the 1991 Gulf War.

References

Van de Peer, Stefanie, 'Hala Alabdallah Yakoub: Documentary as Poetic Subjective Experience in Syria', Negotiating Dissidence: The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary (Edinburgh, 2017; online edn, Edinburgh Scholarship Online, 18 Jan. 2018), https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748696062.003.0008, accessed 24 June 2024.

v t e Films directed by Omar Amiralay
Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam (1970) Everyday Life in a Syrian Village (1974) The Chickens (1977) On a Revolution (1978) The Misfortunes of Some... (1981) A Scent of Paradise (1982) Love Aborted (1983) Video on Sand (1984) The Intimate Enemy (1986) The Lady of Shibam (1988) East of Eden (1988) For the Attention of Madame the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1990) Light and Shadows (1994) The Master (1995) On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat... (1996) There Are So Many Things Still to Say (1997) A Plate of Sardines (1997) The Man with the Golden Soles (1999) A Flood in Baath Country (2003)

Films directed by Omar Amiralay

Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam (1970)
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village (1974)
The Chickens (1977)
On a Revolution (1978)
The Misfortunes of Some... (1981)
A Scent of Paradise (1982)
Love Aborted (1983)
Video on Sand (1984)
The Intimate Enemy (1986)
The Lady of Shibam (1988)
East of Eden (1988)
For the Attention of Madame the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1990)
Light and Shadows (1994)
The Master (1995)
On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat... (1996)
There Are So Many Things Still to Say (1997)
A Plate of Sardines (1997)
The Man with the Golden Soles (1999)
A Flood in Baath Country (2003)

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