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Once Upon a Time in Beirut

8 average rating
★★★★★
8
Arabic / 104 MIN. / 1995

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Michèle TyanMyrna MaakaronKhaled El SayedEmile AccarZiad MakhoulPascal FaugerasPierre ChamassianAbou El Abed

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