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Once Upon a Time in Beirut

Original title
Kanya Ya Ma Kan, Beyrouth (Once Upon a Time in Beirut)
Year
Running time
104 min.
Country
Lebanon Lebanon
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Co-production Lebanon-France-Germany;
Genre
Drama | Film In Film. Lebanese War
Synopsis
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. (FILMAFFINITY)
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User history
Once Upon a Time in Beirut
1995
Jocelyn Saab
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