To Close Your Eyes and See Fire

To Close Your Eyes And See Fire

Nicola von Leffern + Jakob Carl Sauer (Dir), 98 minutes, Austria, Western New York Premiere

Beirut lies in ruins. Yet, even after the explosion at the city’s port, life goes on. But how do you clear away debris when it conceals far more than just a disaster? And how do you regain hope for a better future? TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE is a rich mosaic, portraying the lives of various people in the aftermath of the tragedy: a telephone operator working at the city’s helpline, a Syrian family living in an underground garage and planning to flee the country, and a dancer and a painter who try to process their fate through art.

A Taskovski release.