Synopsis
Boys dive, cats moan, an old lady smokes, a guardian of the dead sighs, young people dance. They are the people of a ghost town: Beirut, which exists only in dreams.
Credits
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Macalube Films
- Co-production : Khamsin Films
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Anne-Catherine Witt
- Director of photography : Claire Mathon
- Editor : Adrien Faucheux
- Sound recordist : Tatiana El Dahdah
- Sound editor : Josefina Rodriguez
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Croset
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 36 min
- Color type : Color
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