Barud

by Mélanie Gouby, produced by Artisans d'idées

2022

Barud

by Mélanie Gouby, produced by Artisans d'idées

2022

Web creation

Digital series

Politics and humans rights

History and heritage

Web creation

Digital series

Politics and humans rights

History and heritage

Barud is an intimate portrait of a young man in pursuit of his dreams - reinventing himself with resilience, and bringing us into an olfactory journey from Alep to the heart of the luxury world of the French perfume industry.

Screen

Teenagers - from 12 to 18 years, Adults

25 minute(s)

French, Arabic

Update : 20/10/2023

Barud, a Mélanie Gouby documentary (© Karine Aulnette)

Abdulkader in class, in the perfumery school of Versailles (© Karine Aulnette)

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A student in the perfumery school of Versailles, Abdulkader Fattouh is dreaming about one day becoming a "nose", an elite profession accessible to very few: there are more astronauts than perfumers in the world. But the determination of the young Syrian boy is coming from experiences that most of his classmates couldn't imagine. Abdulkader had to run away from war, cross the Mediterranean sea, sleep in the streets and risk his life many times.