Souha, Surviving Hell

   

Category: Documentaries 2001
Length: 56'

Synopsis:

Souha Bechara is a young southern Lebanese girl who, like thousands of other girls, found herself at an early age in the midst of a civil war. In 1988, after a long preparation, Souha attempted to assassinate General Antoine Lahad, leader of the South Lebanse Army, the pro-Istraeli Christian militia. Although badly wounded, he survided, and Souha was imprisoned for ten years in the Khiam prison, the infamous dungeon whoses very existence was denied by the Israelis and their Lebanese collaborators. Locked up in a tiny cell in total isolation and repeatedly tortured, her refusal to collaborate soon became a legend. Thanks to an international campaign, Souha was finally freed in 1998.

Alternate description from aflamunaonline.com:

The film follows Soha Bishara's return journey from Khiam prison to her village of Deir Mimas, the place where she attempted to assassinate General Lahad. For Soha, Surviving Hell is a fun, contemplative and liberating travel memoir; A travel memoir that makes one believe for a moment in the possibility of
reconciliation in our country.

With the film “Soha, Survival from Hell,” Randa Chahal Sabbagh captures Soha Bashara in multiple facets, as she moves between the burden of the experience she lived and her transformation into an icon of resistance and the fragility of her vibrant, laughing body

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