Synopsis
Said carrying out his first night on the job as a night watchman beneath a large bridge in the middle of Beirut. Armed with nothing more than a walkie-talkie and a torch, he tries to take his job seriously. When the sun rises, the city will have swallowed him whole.
Credits
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : DW
- Foreign production company : Abbout Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Dominique Welinski
- Screenwriters : Ahmad Ghossein, Lucie La Chimia
- Director of Photography : Shadi Chaaban
- Assistant Director : Nadim Hobeika
- Editor : Nadia Ben Rachid
- Sound recordist : Karine Bacha
- Costume designer : Marianne Taouk
- Foreign producers : Georges Schoucair, Myriam Sassine
- Executive Producer : Abla Khoury
- Camera Operator : Shadi Chaaban
- Production Manager : Elie Deek
- Production Designer : Wael Boutros
- Special Effects : Chadi Abo
- Make-up Artist : Diala Chaaban
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Black comedy, Bizarre
- Themes : The absurd, Politics, Surrealism
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Lebanon)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 17 min
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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