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West Beirut (1998)
Directed by Ziad Doueiri
“Growing up is only half the battle.”
Drama, Comedy, Romance · 1h 45m
In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. Two friends, Tarek and Omar, suffer during the Lebanese civil war. Conflicts arise when they decide to cross from West to East, crossing the Muslim-Christian line that divides Beirut.
Cast
Carmen Lebbos
Hassan Farhat
Fadi Abi Samra
Crew
- Director
- Ziad Doueiri
- Writer
- Ziad Doueiri
- Director of Photography
- Ricardo Jacques Gale
- Original Music Composer
- Stewart Copeland
- Editor
- Dominique Marcombe
- Producer
- Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat
Details
- Original title
- West Beyrouth
- Release date
- 1998-10-30
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Lebanon, Belgium, France, Norway
- Production
- RTBF, Exposed Film Productions AS, Douri Films, Ciné Libre, ACCI, 38 Productions, CNC, La Sept-Arte, Ministère de la Culture