''Mariam'', also known ''Mary'', is a 2013

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Basil Al-Khatib Basil Al-Khatib () is a Syrian movie and TV director, from a Palestinian origin. He was born on 6 May 1962 in Hilversum, the Netherlands. He has lived with his family in Damascus, Syria since 1963. His father is the Palestinian Palestinian ...

. The film tells the story of three women, all named "Maryam", living through in three different periods starting in 1918, passing through the June setback in Quneitra in 1967, and until 2012 and was filmed in several areas of Syria, including

Baniyas Baniyas ( ') is a Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coastal city in Tartous Governorate, western Syria, located south of Latakia and north of Tartous. It is known for its citrus fruit orchards and its export of wood. North of the city is an B ...

Mashta al-Helu Mashta al-Helou (, also known as Mashta al-Helu or Mashta al-Helo) is a town and resort in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located 35 kilometers east of Tartus. Mashta al-Helou is situated in a verdant area on ...

, and

Quneitra Quneitra (also Al Qunaytirah, Qunaitira, or Kuneitra; , ''al-Qunayṭrah'' or ''al-Qunayṭirah'' ) is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria. It is situated in a high valley in the Golan ...

. Music is by Hazem Al-Anitar; the colorist is Osama Said. The movie chronicles a hundred years of Syrian history. ''Mariam'' won prizes at festivals in Cairo, Oran, and Dakhla, Morocco. Khatib believes that it is this focus on the “human element” in Syria's conflict which has made the film a hit with festival audiences and juries.

Cast

*Ali Adel *Sabah Al Jazaery *Doha Al-Dabes *Lama Al-Hakim *Reem Ali *Maisoun Abu Asaad *Abed Fahed *Sollaf Fawakhirgi *Asad Fedda *Nadin Khoury *Roleen Al Qassim *Jihaad Saad *Sanaa Sawah

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* 2013 films 2013 drama films Syrian drama films 2010s Arabic-language films Arabic-language drama films {{Syria-film-stub