Remembering Sabra and Shatila through The Valley of Tears.

THE VALLEY OF TEARS
La Vallée des larmes

This September, Casa Palestina will screen The Valley of Tears to mark the anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 16–18 September 1982.

Directed by Lebanese-Canadian filmmaker Maryanne Zéhil, the film follows Marie, a Montreal publisher who begins receiving the written testimony of Ali, a young Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon. As she searches for the person behind the story, she is drawn from Montreal to Lebanon and into the memory of Sabra and Shatila.

Moving between the personal and the political, The Valley of Tears explores testimony, trauma, exile, and the ways histories of violence continue to live across generations.

More than four decades later, we gather at Casa Palestina to remember — and to consider the role of testimony in preserving memory and resisting erasure.

In French with English subtitles.
The Valley of Tears / La Vallée des larmes
Directed by Maryanne Zéhil
2012 | Drama | 95 minutes
French ( English Subtitles)