Face A Face B

"Face A/Face B is a metaphysical film exploring the nature of memory and knowledge, sight and sound, physical evidence and identity, and recollection and survival.
 
In 1978, my brother Manuel who had just arrived from Cuba, wrote lyrics to a song, and synchronized them to a Russian tune. We sang it and sang it till we memorized it, recorded it and sent the audiotape to my brother Abou Salam living at the USSR at that time.
 
This short piece is an intimate record of a family's life affected by loss and the political ideals of the Lebanese Civil War."

Rabih Mroué in a statement to PLATFORM:VB (August 2014)