Synopsis
In today’s Beirut, an insult blown out of proportions finds Toni, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, in court. From secret wounds to traumatic revelations, the media circus surrounding the case puts Lebanon through a social explosion, forcing Toni and Yasser to reconsider their lives and prejudices.
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Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Tessalit Productions, Rouge International
- Foreign production companies : Ezekiel Film Production, SCOPE Pictures, Douri Films, Cohen Media Group
- Film exports/foreign sales : Indie Sales
- French distribution : Diaphana
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Julie Gayet, Nadia Turincev, Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb
- Screenwriters : Ziad Doueiri, Joëlle Touma
- Director of Photography : Tommaso Fiorilli
- Music Composer : Éric Neveux
- Editor : Dominique Marcombe
- Sound recordists : Olivier Walczak, Bruno Mercère, Guilhem Donzel
- Associate producer : Muriel Merlin
- Executive Producer : Muriel Merlin
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
- Production Designer : Johan Knudsen
- Casting : Abla Khoury
- Artistic Director : Hussein Baydoun
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Arabic, English, French
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Lebanon (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : No
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