Synopsis
12-year-old Rami moves from South Lebanon to Beirut with his family to escape the Israeli bombings. In the city he befriends a few local children and falls in love with his neighbor Yasmine. However, the horrors of war catch up with him when the civil war erupts. His friend is murdered in cold blood; he gets separated from Yasmine when her family moves away to escape the war; and his father gets kidnapped by the militia. Despite his opposition to violence and warfare, Rami finds himself signing up to be a militia fighter for a different faction, in a bid to find his father. He meets Siham, a young mother whose husband was kidnapped; in spite of the obstacles in her way, she is determined to find her husband. When his fellow militia fighters capture a prisoner and decide to kill him, Rami must make a choice between his humanity and his allegiance to his faction, in a war that has pitted him against his own friend.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : Ciné-Sud Promotion
- Foreign production company : FilmNour Production Company
Full credits (5)
- Screenwriter : Jean Khalil Chamoun
- Director of Photography : Youcef Sahraoui
- Editors : Hussein Youniss, Éliane Du Bois, Suzanne Baron
- Foreign Producer : Jean Khalil Chamoun
- Co-producer : Thierry Lenouvel
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : War
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (France, Lebanon)
- Production year : 2000
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status :
- Visa number : 91.424
- Visa issue date : 08/12/2000
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color and Black & White
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