The last work of the late director Hatem Ali, as an actor and director
"Chocolate for peace" ... from Syria to space
Hatem Ali's latest film narrates the life of a Syrian family who managed to overcome difficulties and open a chocolate factory in the Diaspora.
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In a gesture of honor to the latest work of the late Syrian director Hatem Ali, the Syrian actress Yara Sabri revealed the details of the movie "Chocolate for Peace", which was filmed in Canada, and tells the life of a Syrian immigrant family who managed to overcome difficulties and open a chocolate factory in the Diaspora, which drew attention The attention is drawn to its successes, which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proudly referred to in a speech at the United Nations Special Summit in 2016, describing the story of this Syrian family as an actual "integration" and positive assimilation of Arab refugees in Canada.
Sabri said in an interview on one of the Arab stations, that the late Syrian filmmaker Hatem Ali participated in the movie whose screening was postponed due to the Corona pandemic as a director alongside his colleague, the Canadian film director (Jonathan Keijser), as well as as a representative of the father of the Syrian immigrant family. While the actor Ayham Abu Ammar introduced the character of the son, "Tariq".
As for the Syrian actress Najla Al-Khumri, she presented the character of the daughter, while Yara Sabri stood up to play the role of the mother, along with a group of Canadian actors participating in the film, while writer Dalaa Al-Rahbi (Hatem Ali's wife) participated in supervising some of the details of the Arab scenario.
The Syrian actress residing in Canada described Hatem Ali’s performance as masterful, pointing to the late’s keenness on the smallest details, saying: “The late man was happy and excited to participate in this new movie, which presents a positive and inspiring model that was adapted from a realistic struggle story of a Syrian family, so much so that I recall to Today, the details of one of the funny scenes in the movie, which the late performer performed with creativity that expresses mastery and experience, yet he was keen to ask me more than once if his performance was some exaggeration, ”adding,“ The departure of Hatem Ali, the actor and director, is a great loss for those who follow his work and Arab art. In general, as it is sad for his family and his small circle of friends in Canada ».
Tariq Hodhod, a member of the Syrian immigrant family, and the real character in the film, described the circumstances of his family’s arrival in Canada, saying: “As a result of what happened in Syria, my family and I moved at first to Lebanon, and gave up studying medicine at Damascus University, before we decided to move to Canada in In 2015, following the destruction of the chocolate factory that our family owned in 2013, ”adding,“ I remember my first meeting with Hatem Ali in 2018, which coincided at that time with the preparation for the film, and our lengthy conversation about the circumstances of our move to Canada, where he sent me a letter in which he said: "Always remember if your dreams fell into the well of Joseph, so be confident that the caravan of Aziz will come."
From Syria to space
After the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, spoke about the Hodhod family's journey and its development in the field of chocolate industry, in front of a crowd of world leaders, Tariq Hodhod presented the astronaut, Andrew Vostell, a box of chocolate from his family's new factory in Canada, where The Canadian astronaut presented it to his colleagues on the International Space Station, after which photos of the astronauts eating chocolate were spread signed under the title "From Syria to Space."
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