Mystic Mass

Mystic Mass

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 27, 2014

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

Mystic Mass

Production Companies

Némésis Films

Director

Karim B. Haroun

Description

Every year, thousands of Shia Muslims meet in the village of Nabatiyyeh in Lebanon to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, assassinated in 680 A.D. It is by far the most important religious event in the Shia cult, and leads to the formation of immense mass movements all around the world. Mystic Mass describes extensively this 24h ceremony, and deconstructs its indivisible, ever united, mystic mass, since its formation early in the morning of Ashoura, up to its dissolution in the afternoon of the same day.