For Sama (2019) - full transcript
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
TRANSLATION:
BABY GURGLES
Sama!
Mama.
Mama!
WAAD BLOWS A KISS TO THE BABY
WAAD SINGS
SHE CONTINUES SINGING/
RUMBLING IN BACKGROUND
Mama! Sama!
EXPLOSION
Sama!
SAMA GURGLES
MAN'S VOICE:
WAAD:
LOUD EXPLOSION/
SAMA STARTLES
INDISTINCT CHATTER
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION AND SHATTERING
INDISTINCT
WAAD COUGHS
YELLING
BABY CRIES
HURRIED SPEECH
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
YELLING
ALARM SOUNDS
MACHINES BEEP
EXPLOSION
BABY CRIES/
FURTHER EXPLOSION
THEY LAUGH
WAAD LAUGHS
THEY ALL LAUGH
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
Sama...
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
VOICEOVER:
DISTANT EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSION
HURRIED SPEECH
CRYING AND WAILING
MAN SHOUTS COMMANDS
BOY SOBS AND WAILS
IN ANGUISH: Allah!
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE
CHATTER
HUBBUB
YELLS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
CHEERING
DISTANT EXPLOSION
CARS BEEP HORNS
THEY LAUGH
Test. Te... Al...
Wahed. Wahed. Ethnein. Ethnein.
HE SINGS A SONG
ANNOUNCEMENT:
YELLING
SHOUTING AND YELLING
WOMAN SOBS
HURRIED SPEECH
YELLING
PEOPLE SING:
SINGING AND CHANTING CONTINUES
ALL: Allahu akbar.
INDISTINCT CALL AND RESPONSE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
YELLING
MAN SHOUTS
CHATTER
GIGGLING
THEY CONTINUE JOKING
THEY SPEAK ARABIC
YELLING
EXPLOSION
CHATTER
HE SNIFFS
SIRENS WAIL
HAMZA SPEAKS ARABIC
EXPLOSION
SINGING
GUESTS DO BATTLE CRY
MUSIC PLAYS
PEOPLE SING ALONG
SONG: Crazy
Originally by Willie Nelson
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
CHATTER AND MUSIC CONTINUE
Sama.
AIR KISS
DISTANT EXPLOSION
CHUCKLING
SAMA BABBLING
Mama.
SAMA BABBLES
WAAD IMITATES BABBLING
CLOSE, LOUD BANG
ANIMATED CONVERSATIONS
EMERGENCY SIRENS WAIL
WAILING
MUSIC, CHANTING
CHEERING
MUSIC PLAYING
Hm?
Hm?
HE REPEATS
GIGGLING
SHE SHRIEKS, LAUGHS
SHE BLOWS
SOBS
SHE GIGGLES
Mm.
SHE LAUGHS
DISTANT SHOUTING
BANG
RAPID GUNFIRE
EXPLOSION
RAPID GUNFIRE
ENGINE RUMBLES ABOVE
CLOSE, LOUD EXPLOSION
COUGHING
COUGHING
THUNDER RUMBLES
HORN BEEPS
SIZZLING
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
RAPID EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSIONS
SCREECHING
HE SOBS
HORN BEEPS
EXPLOSION
LAUGHTER
PHONE VIBRATING
BABY CRYING
SINGING
CHEERING
SAMA CRYING
SOBBING
SAMA CRYING
LAUGHTER
DISTANT TRADITIONAL MUSIC
INDISTINCT CHATTER, HONKING HORNS
CHILDREN CHATTER
HE MIMICS ENGINE
Beep-beep! Beep, beep, beep, beep,
beep, beep, beep, beep!
THEY SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE
CHILDREN CHATTER
HELICOPTER WHIRS
SIREN WAILS
HELICOPTER GROWS LOUDER
BABY CRIES
BABY CRIES
RADIO CHATTER
7th February, 2016.
My first baby Sama.
Her name is meaning the sky.
Sky we love, sky we want.
Without air forces,
without bombing.
Sky with sun, with clouds.
With birds.
Sama?
Sama.
Do you hear me?
Sama?
Sama.
Sama.
SHE CLUCKS
Sama?
SHE LAUGHS
She's laughing.
Sama?
LOUD BOOMING
INDISTINCT VOICES
GUNSHOT
GUNSHOTS
DISTANT GUNFIRE
SAMA CRIES
EXPLOSION
SAMA CRIES
THEY CLUCK AND SING:
GIGGLING
SHE LAUGHS
CROWD CHANTS
CHILD CRIES
Thank you!
SCREAMING
Bye!
Bye, Sama.
Sama, bye!
LAUGHTER
BABY TALK
DISTANT BLASTS
GUNFIRE
BLASTS CONTINUE
SHE WAILS
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
Oh!
HE CHUCKLES
LAUGHTER
EXPLOSION
LAUGHTER
EXPLOSION
CHILD COUGHS
CHILDREN CRY
VIDEO: A message from the people
of Aleppo to the world...
CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
THEY SING
SCREAMING
DISTANT BLAST
SHE SOBS
SIREN WAILS, HORNS BLARE
GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
SIREN WAILS, HORN BLARES
DISTANT WAILING
WAILING CONTINUES
Here, it's my lovely house...
where I lived.
I can't believe that
I couldn't come again.
SHE SOBS
No words can describe
what I'm feeling now.
We don't want to...
Forced to flee out of our city.
I got this plant.
It will grow out of Aleppo.
It's 9am.
It's snowing.
We are still waiting for evacuation.
CHILD CRIES
The next checkpoint is
the most dangerous.
Here is the checkpoint
of the regime.
Hamza!
BABY CRIES
BABY TALK
SHE LAUGHS
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BABY GURGLES
Sama!
Mama.
Mama!
WAAD BLOWS A KISS TO THE BABY
WAAD SINGS
SHE CONTINUES SINGING/
RUMBLING IN BACKGROUND
Mama! Sama!
EXPLOSION
Sama!
SAMA GURGLES
MAN'S VOICE:
WAAD:
LOUD EXPLOSION/
SAMA STARTLES
INDISTINCT CHATTER
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION AND SHATTERING
INDISTINCT
WAAD COUGHS
YELLING
BABY CRIES
HURRIED SPEECH
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
YELLING
ALARM SOUNDS
MACHINES BEEP
EXPLOSION
BABY CRIES/
FURTHER EXPLOSION
THEY LAUGH
WAAD LAUGHS
THEY ALL LAUGH
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
Sama...
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
VOICEOVER:
DISTANT EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSION
HURRIED SPEECH
CRYING AND WAILING
MAN SHOUTS COMMANDS
BOY SOBS AND WAILS
IN ANGUISH: Allah!
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE
CHATTER
HUBBUB
YELLS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
CHEERING
DISTANT EXPLOSION
CARS BEEP HORNS
THEY LAUGH
Test. Te... Al...
Wahed. Wahed. Ethnein. Ethnein.
HE SINGS A SONG
ANNOUNCEMENT:
YELLING
SHOUTING AND YELLING
WOMAN SOBS
HURRIED SPEECH
YELLING
PEOPLE SING:
SINGING AND CHANTING CONTINUES
ALL: Allahu akbar.
INDISTINCT CALL AND RESPONSE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
YELLING
MAN SHOUTS
CHATTER
GIGGLING
THEY CONTINUE JOKING
THEY SPEAK ARABIC
YELLING
EXPLOSION
CHATTER
HE SNIFFS
SIRENS WAIL
HAMZA SPEAKS ARABIC
EXPLOSION
SINGING
GUESTS DO BATTLE CRY
MUSIC PLAYS
PEOPLE SING ALONG
SONG: Crazy
Originally by Willie Nelson
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
CHATTER AND MUSIC CONTINUE
Sama.
AIR KISS
DISTANT EXPLOSION
CHUCKLING
SAMA BABBLING
Mama.
SAMA BABBLES
WAAD IMITATES BABBLING
CLOSE, LOUD BANG
ANIMATED CONVERSATIONS
EMERGENCY SIRENS WAIL
WAILING
MUSIC, CHANTING
CHEERING
MUSIC PLAYING
Hm?
Hm?
HE REPEATS
GIGGLING
SHE SHRIEKS, LAUGHS
SHE BLOWS
SOBS
SHE GIGGLES
Mm.
SHE LAUGHS
DISTANT SHOUTING
BANG
RAPID GUNFIRE
EXPLOSION
RAPID GUNFIRE
ENGINE RUMBLES ABOVE
CLOSE, LOUD EXPLOSION
COUGHING
COUGHING
THUNDER RUMBLES
HORN BEEPS
SIZZLING
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
RAPID EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSIONS
SCREECHING
HE SOBS
HORN BEEPS
EXPLOSION
LAUGHTER
PHONE VIBRATING
BABY CRYING
SINGING
CHEERING
SAMA CRYING
SOBBING
SAMA CRYING
LAUGHTER
DISTANT TRADITIONAL MUSIC
INDISTINCT CHATTER, HONKING HORNS
CHILDREN CHATTER
HE MIMICS ENGINE
Beep-beep! Beep, beep, beep, beep,
beep, beep, beep, beep!
THEY SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE
CHILDREN CHATTER
HELICOPTER WHIRS
SIREN WAILS
HELICOPTER GROWS LOUDER
BABY CRIES
BABY CRIES
RADIO CHATTER
7th February, 2016.
My first baby Sama.
Her name is meaning the sky.
Sky we love, sky we want.
Without air forces,
without bombing.
Sky with sun, with clouds.
With birds.
Sama?
Sama.
Do you hear me?
Sama?
Sama.
Sama.
SHE CLUCKS
Sama?
SHE LAUGHS
She's laughing.
Sama?
LOUD BOOMING
INDISTINCT VOICES
GUNSHOT
GUNSHOTS
DISTANT GUNFIRE
SAMA CRIES
EXPLOSION
SAMA CRIES
THEY CLUCK AND SING:
GIGGLING
SHE LAUGHS
CROWD CHANTS
CHILD CRIES
Thank you!
SCREAMING
Bye!
Bye, Sama.
Sama, bye!
LAUGHTER
BABY TALK
DISTANT BLASTS
GUNFIRE
BLASTS CONTINUE
SHE WAILS
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
Oh!
HE CHUCKLES
LAUGHTER
EXPLOSION
LAUGHTER
EXPLOSION
CHILD COUGHS
CHILDREN CRY
VIDEO: A message from the people
of Aleppo to the world...
CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
THEY SING
SCREAMING
DISTANT BLAST
SHE SOBS
SIREN WAILS, HORNS BLARE
GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
SIREN WAILS, HORN BLARES
DISTANT WAILING
WAILING CONTINUES
Here, it's my lovely house...
where I lived.
I can't believe that
I couldn't come again.
SHE SOBS
No words can describe
what I'm feeling now.
We don't want to...
Forced to flee out of our city.
I got this plant.
It will grow out of Aleppo.
It's 9am.
It's snowing.
We are still waiting for evacuation.
CHILD CRIES
The next checkpoint is
the most dangerous.
Here is the checkpoint
of the regime.
Hamza!
BABY CRIES
BABY TALK
SHE LAUGHS
Red Bee Media