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  • 2012
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2012
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m
Tahrir: Liberation Square

Summary From Facebook thumbs up to the battle of stones, a history of hope, fear, despair, anger, pride and elation, the film is the real-time chronicle of the two most exciting weeks in the history of modern Egypt as lived by their protagonists. Since the 25th of January 2011, together with thousands of other Egyptian citizens, No ha, Ahmed and...

Directed By: Stefano Savona

Written By: Stefano Savona

  • 2012
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2012
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Tahrir: Liberation Square

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary From Facebook thumbs up to the battle of stones, a history of hope, fear, despair, anger, pride and elation, the film is the real-time chronicle of the two most exciting weeks in the history of modern Egypt as lived by their protagonists. Since the 25th of January 2011, together with thousands of other Egyptian citizens, No ha, Ahmed and...

Directed By: Stefano Savona

Written By: Stefano Savona

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80
Jun 8, 2012
Instantly proves itself an invaluable historical document. Shot verite-style with no narration, soundtrack or other embellishments, Tahrir: Liberation Square simply depicts the events of late January and early February 2011 with a vital immediacy.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 13, 2012
It's an exhilarating, though unfocused, look at how the country reached its tipping point, one that feels unfiltered in ways both good and bad. It's a collection of striking images rather than a considered whole.
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75
Jun 9, 2012
A direct-cinema document of the Cairo protests that toppled Mubarak, Stefano Savona's film doesn't pretend that Egypt's resolution has yet won a lasting victory.
By Bill Weber FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 14, 2012
Far from imposing clarity on the historic gatherings, Tahrir embraces the thrill and uncertainty of popular action. In some ways resembling old-fashioned vérité, Stefano Savona's chronicle aims to plunge you into the crowds and clamor.
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70
Jun 5, 2012
The variations are many, but the theme is as consistent as the crowd that grows and strengthens throughout Savona's inside, traditional, vérité portrait of the uprising.
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60
Jun 12, 2012
The result may occasionally be more of a journalistic scrapbook than a Wisemanian all-points portrait, but the impact of seeing such unvarnished public activism in the raw can't be overestimated.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Picofilms, Dugong Films, Rai 3, Alter Ego Production, Périphérie
Release Date Jun 11, 2012
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Awards

David di Donatello Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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