Your sibling supported the dictator. You toppled him. Now what?
In Libya, two siblings put their heart and soul into the future of their country during the 2011 revolution, but each on a different side: he supported Gaddafi, she was one of the “rebels”. Now belonging to the ruling class, she is again standing up for the oppressed and seeking rehabilitation for people like her brother. We follow these fervent, resilient siblings over six years, during which she stands for elections and he struggles with the traumas of war.
Direction
Six years of access builds devastating intimacy.
Editing
Political and personal timelines interweave with surgical precision.
Director
Giovanni Buccomino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Libya's post-2011 fragmentation means this family's split mirrors the nation's unresolved civil war, with no official truth-and-reconciliation process to reference.
Director Giovanni Buccomino spent years building trust with both siblings separately before they agreed to be filmed together; early footage exists of each unaware the other was participating.
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