Just after telephone communication is restored between the warring East and West sides of Beirut Read More »
Tag Archives: Lebanon
Sous les bombes / Under the Bombs (2007) Philippe Aractingi, Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Rawia Elchab
Under the bombs, a woman searches for her son. A man accompanies her. They have nothing in common. Read More »
Yara (2018) Abbas Fahdel, Michelle Wehbe, Elias Freifer, Mary Alkady
Yara lives alone with her grandmother in an isolated valley Read More »
Leila and the Wolves / Leila wa al ziap (1984) Heiny Srour, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Nabila Zeitouni
A film that weaves together re-enactments, archive footage and fairy-tale sequences Read More »
The Ring Seller (1965) Youssef Chahine
In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility Read More »
Beirut Hold’em (2022) Michel Kammoun, Fadi Abi Samra, Rana Alamuddin, Saleh Bakri
A small-time gambler in his 40s, struggling to rebuild his life after a few years in prison. Read More »
Félicité (2017) Alain Gomis, Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, Gaetan Claudia, Papi Mpaka
Filled with pride and a sense of freedom, Félicité is a night singer in a bar in Kinshasa. Read More »
Bitter Bread (2019) Abbas Fahdel
Chronicles of daily life in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. Read More »
The Veiled Man / L’homme voilé (1987) Maroun Bagdadi, Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Piccoli, Laure Marsac
Pierre is a doctor. He has just returned from Beirut, his head still filled with the images Read More »
The Kite / Le cerf-volant (2003) Randa Chahal Sabag, Flavia Bechara, Maher Bsaibes, Randa Asmar
A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. Read More »