Movie: A Civilized People

Top 9 Billed Cast

Jalila Baccar
Jalila Baccar

Viviane

Tamim Chahal
Tamim Chahal

Samir

Myrna Maakaron
Myrna Maakaron

Souad

Carmen Lebbos
Carmen Lebbos

Najat

Sotigui Kouyaté
Sotigui Kouyaté

Ousmane

Renée Dick
Renée Dick

Thérèse

Bruno Todeschini
Bruno Todeschini

Antoine

Paul Mattar
Paul Mattar

The Mad Man

Hassan Mrad
Hassan Mrad

Marwan

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    Lebanese director Randa Chahal Sabbag spins this bleak war drama about the brutal absurdity of the urban warfare of Beirut during the 1980s. Opening with the shocking image of kittens being blown apart, the film loosely follows the travails of Bernadette (Nada Ghosn), a naïve country girl sent to the city as a maid for a mansion long since abandoned by the owners. There she meets Therese (Renee Dick), a veteran house cleaner who takes her under her wing. One day, while accompanying her friend to the cemetery, she meets a rakish Arab militiaman, and the two fall in love.

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    1999-09-04

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    6

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