THE KISS

Fiction, Drama, 77:17 min, 1999, 35mm, colour, NTSC.

Synopsis

Bill Gabriel Young (Bashar Shbib), a B-filmmaker with a past, discovers he has some kind of blood cancer. He sets out to do his final film as he spends his last days with his children Tanya, Laila and Amir (Maïa Nadon-Chbib, Camille Fortin-Chbib and Tadzeo Horner-Chbib). He finally tells his three children that, by intuitive feeling, he was going to soon die of this cancer. Before succumbing to death, he is determined to tell them his views on the state of the world, conflicts, people’s irreconcilable differences, and lastly about love. Through the voyage of a kiss, which is what ultimately brings them and life together.

Cast & Crew

STARRING : BASHAR SHBIB, MAÏA NADON-CHBIB, CAMILLE FORTIN-CHBIB, TAZEO HORNER-CHBIB, GABOR ZSIGOVICS, ROSS PARTRIDGE, BOBO VIAN, TONIA LYNN, ALEXANDRA WOODWARD, SUSAN EYTON JONES, MARK HOUGHTON, IONA BRIDLE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER : PIERRE LATOUR
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER : ANDREW MAKAREWICZ
CAMERA/DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY : KARINE ZERBÉ
ASSISTANT CAMERA : GEOFF DEADMAN, STEPHEN DE OLIVEIRA
ART DIRECTOR : CLAUDINE REBBOH
SOUND: MICHEL LECOUFLE
MUSIC : TITI REBO, IVAN ZAVADA
COSTUMES : ZYX PRODUCTIONS
EDITOR : ROB SWARTZ, ROBERT YATES
SCREENPLAY : THÉRÈSE BRODEUR, BASHAR SHBIB
DIRECTOR: BASHAR SHBIB

THIS FILM IS PRODUCED WITH THE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION OF:
SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES (SODEC)
GOUVERNEMENT DU QUÉBEC (Programme du Crédit d'Impôt)
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA (Tax Credit Program)

All Rights Reserved © 1999 Oneira Pictures International