Synopsis
Beirut, nineteen years after the civil war. Farès, a veteran of the New Lebanon party, has to act to convince his son not to sink into the violence which seizes again the country.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Bizibi
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Jérôme Bleitrach
- Screenwriter : Katia Jarjoura
- Director of Photography : Fabrice Main
- Editor : Dominique Marcombe
- Sound Recordist : Mouhab Chahensaz
- Costume designer : Gina Choueiri
- Production manager : Abla Khoury
- Sound Editor : Gwennolé Le Borgne
- Continuity supervisor : Sandra Tabet
- Production Designer : Marina Sfeir
- Special Effects : Khodor Sbeity, Mohammad El Zein
- Sound Mixer : Gildas Mercier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Family, War
- Production language : Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 31 min 7 seconds
- Visa number : 118.637
- Visa issue date : 17/04/2009
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : DTS SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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