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Once Upon a Time in Beirut(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-01-02
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1 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Arabic, French.
Countries:
Argentina,
France,
Germany,
Lebanon
ProductionCompanies:
Aleph Production
Movie: Once Upon a Time in Beirut
Top 8 Billed Cast
خالد السيد
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1995-01-02
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