Once Upon a Time in Beirut

1h 44m
Drama
6

Two young girls of the war generation, Yasmin and Leila, are in search of Beirut. When they meet an elderly film enthusiast with a secret store of Lebanese films, they persuade him to screen his collection for them. So begins an initiation into the myths and images of Beirut, but the girls want cold figures and facts, war babies indifferent to the memories evoked.

Cast

Michèle Tyan
Yasmine
Myrna Maakaron
Leila
Khaled El Sayed
Driver
Emile Accar
Monsieur Farouk
Ziad Makhoul
Gardner
Pascal Faugeras
Officer
Pierre Chamassian
Unknown
Abou El Abed
Unknown

Crew

Jocelyne Saab
Director, Writer
Philippe Paringaux
Writer
Roland-Pierre Paringaux
Writer
Isabelle Dedieu
Editor
Dominique Auvray
Editor
Roby Breidi
Director of Photography

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