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The Insult

L'insulte

2017

Ziad Doueiri

Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Christine Choueiri, Camille Salameh ...

7.1

5,165

Drama In today’s Beirut, an insult blown out of proportions finds Toni, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, in court. From secret wounds to traumatic revelations, the media circus surrounding the case puts Lebanon through a social explosion, forcing Toni and Yasser to reconsider their lives and prejudices.

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Gorgeously shot and classily acted (...) A fascinating piece of work (...) The insights are perhaps not new but fluidly and convincingly laid out"	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"[A] well-made but obvious dissection of Lebanese political and religious divides culminating in a standard courtroom drama (...) If you’re looking for subtlety, this isn’t the movie."	NEU
United States	Anthony Lane The New Yorker	"As a study of inflammation in the body politic, 'The Insult' is engaged and astute. In comparison with 'West Beirut', though, it seems oddly programmatic in its moral layout"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] reveals a fresh perspective on Arab life in the Middle East (...) The movie never transcends the main tension established early on, but Doueiri does a competent job"	NEU
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"Ziad Doueiri’s film is well acted and staged with periodic liveliness, but its earnestness grows wearying (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"An entertaining meld of character study, courtroom stand-off and national reconciliation parable (...) It’s a bold and timely play with fire, but also a sensitive, good-humoured probe into human weakness"	POS

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