LOST SOULS OF SYRIA

A film by Stephane Malterre and Garance Le Caisne.

Written by Garance Le Caisne and Stephane Malterre
Directed by Stephane Malterre
Historical consultant Garance Le Caisne

Documentary 99 minutes

Co-produced with Les Films d'Ici, Katuh Studio and WDR

Distributed by Sophie Dulac Distribution
International Sales by The Party Film Sales

Selected at IDFA 2022 and FIPADOC 2023

Released on May 3, 2023

Synopsis

Stolen from the Syrian regime’s secret archives, 27 000 photos showing bodies of civilians detainees tortured to death are made public by a military defector codenamed Caesar. Who are the dead, what was their fate, why have they disappeared in Bachar Al Assad’s prisons?

All across Europe, victims’ families, helped by international lawyers, activists and Caesar himself, seek for truth and justice, investigating the Syrian death machine and its highest officials. But torn between western governments’ political agenda and the ongoing terror spread by Damascus dictatorship, how far will they go?