Synopsis
Beirut, or any city at war with itself. Here, no conflict is ever resolved, no wall is repaired. Detonations have a better echo in a city riddled with holes. One can choose between the army and religion, or, instead, between religion and the army. A dose of heroin costs five dollars. I visit a few of my acquaintances and send back some postcards.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Bizibi
- Foreign production company : Né à Beyrouth Films
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producers : Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach
- Screenwriter : Waël Noureddine
- Director of Photography : Robert Fenz
- Music Composers : Zeid Hamdan, Hani El Sidaoui, Rami Khalife, F.J. Ossang, Jack Belsen-Hautmont
- Editor : Francine Lemaître
- Sound recordists : Thibault Cavaillès, Toufik Kayrallah
- Foreign Producer : Pierre Sarraf
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Themes : Drugs, War
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Lebanon)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 30 min
- Visa number : 111.719
- Visa issue date : 08/11/2005
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby B
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
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