The Perfect Picture

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  • Director: Hala El Kouch
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Duration: 31'
  • Year of production: 2020
  • Country: Lebanon
Can a single traumatic event be the fatal blow that disrupts the notion of an ideal family? Filmmaker Hala El Kouch creates a therapy session setting to confront her parents about a traumatic event, and interrogates them over the course of five days. Photos of a happy family accompany a conversation that takes an unexpected turn. Has permanent damage been done to the perfect picture?

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Hala El Kouch

Hala El Kouch is film director, producer, and writer. With a BA in audiovisual and MA in film directing from the Lebanese University of Fine Arts, she graduated in both with distinction. Directed various short films, one of which Fishing out of the sea won several first-place awards in national and international festivals and her recent documentary that has took part of IDFA.