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Clotheslined

A chronicle of the life of an average Lebanese family across decades, illustrated through what is witnessed on their clothesline

  • Patrick Chemali
    Director
  • Patrick Chemali
    Writer
  • Patrick Chemali
    Producer
  • Patrick Chemali
    Key Cast
    "Fares"
  • Joyce Nasrallah
    Key Cast
    "Dalal"
  • Yara Zakhour
    Key Cast
    "Lady Neighbor"
  • Kayla Karam
    Key Cast
    "Mira (Child)"
  • Tarek Yaacoub
    Key Cast
    "Mounir"
  • Stephanie Salamoun
    Key Cast
    "Mira (Adult)"
  • Elie Abou jaoudeh
    Crew
  • Alexandre Meouchy
    Crew
  • Carla Haddad
    Crew
  • Tracy El Helou
    Crew
  • Lea Kanaan
    Crew
  • Jad Abou Jaoudeh
    Crew
  • Rami Yazbek
    Crew
  • Kareem Nofal
    Crew
  • Edmond Kattar
    Crew
  • Charbel Abdallah
    Crew
  • Collen Yazbeck
    Crew
  • Elias Nemer
    Crew
  • Anthony Ghazal
    Crew
  • Marc Abou Malhab
    Crew
  • Tarek Chemaly
    Crew
  • Martin Abou Malhab
    Crew
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    منشور
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 4 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Lebanon
  • Country of Filming:
    Lebanon
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Patrick Chemali

Patrick Chemali is a first-time self-taught director. Coming from the world of technology & consulting, Patrick ventured into the industry initially as an actor in pursuit of a passion for performance arts. He later employed his writing skills as a blogger into the screenwriting process and contributed to the writing of a feature film. His directorial debut, Clotheslined, is a partly autobiographical story, anchored in real life events and moments from his life, growing up in war-torn Lebanon up until present day and its most recent challenges.

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Director Statement

The inception of Clotheslined as an idea happened while I was hanging the washed clothes of my recently-deceased mother for one last time before giving them away to a charity. That moment of realization sparked a revelation that what we hang on the clothesline narrates the various events and happening in our life as a silent witness to the passage of time.
From that fateful moment, I built the story of Clotheslined backwards imagining various moments that could have taken place in any family’s life but mostly through a Lebanese family’s journey, all seen through the clothesline as the main narrator with actors as supporting characters to it.