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Around the Pink House (1999)
Directed by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Comedy, Drama, Romance · 1h 32m
One of the most popular Lebanese films of the late 1990s, Around the Pink House is a story that explores the changing urban landscape of Beirut after the Civil War. La maison rose (the pink house) is an old mansion in Beirut where the Nawfal family found shelter during the Civil War. Unfortunately for them, their immediate environment is rapidly changing, as many of the old shell-ridden buildings are being torn down and replaced by new construction projects. When Mattar, the owner of the pink house, decides to sell it to make room for a large commercial centre, the residents of the neighbourhood become divided between the shopkeepers and businessmen in favour of a different kind of modernity.
Cast
Fadi Abi Samra
Crew
- Director
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
- Writer
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
- Director of Photography
- Pierre David
- Original Music Composer
- Robert Marcel Lepage
- Producer
- Jean Dansereau, Anne-Cécile Berthomeau, Edouard Berthomeau, Anne-Cécil Mauriat, Édouard Mauriat
Details
- Original title
- Autour de la maison rose
- Release date
- 1999-12-15
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Lebanon, France, Canada
- Production
- Canal (II), CCT, Canal+ Horizons, Djinn House Productions, Mille et une productions