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Once Upon a Time in Beirut (1995)
Directed by Jocelyne Saab
Drama · 1h 44m
Two young girls of the war generation, Yasmin and Leila, are in search of Beirut. When they meet an elderly film enthusiast with a secret store of Lebanese films, they persuade him to screen his collection for them. So begins an initiation into the myths and images of Beirut, but the girls want cold figures and facts, war babies indifferent to the memories evoked.
Cast
Khaled El Sayed
Crew
- Director
- Jocelyne Saab
- Writer
- Jocelyne Saab, Philippe Paringaux, Roland-Pierre Paringaux
- Director of Photography
- Roby Breidi
- Editor
- Isabelle Dedieu, Dominique Auvray
Details
- Original title
- كان ياما كان في بيروت
- Release date
- 1995-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Argentina, France, Germany, Lebanon
- Production
- Aleph Production