claim: The cinematography of Far from the Madding Crowd was only by a Portuguese cinematographer.
evidence: Ras al - ` Ayn is a village in southern Syria , administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate , located southwest of Damascus .. Governorate. Governorates of Syria. Rif Dimashq Governorate. Rif Dimashq Governorate. Syria. Syria. Damascus. Damascus. Nearby localities include Yabroud to the northeast , Ras al-Maara to the northwest , and Ma ` loula to the southwest .. Yabroud. Yabroud. Ras al-Maara. Ras al-Maara. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 2,754 in the 2004 census .. Syria. Syria. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics. Central Bureau of Statistics ( Syria ). Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims .