“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones.
Director:
Writer:
Mary Ghattas
Lamis
Marcelo Souza e Silva
Wilson
Grace Passô
(Narrator)
Gláucia Vandeveld
Mãe de Wilson
Theo Campolina Pretti
Omar
