Once Upon a Time in Beirut

Name: Once Upon a Time in Beirut
Director: Jocelyne Saab
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995-01-02
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Michèle Tyan, Myrna Maakaron, Khaled El Sayed, Emile Accar, Ziad Makhoul

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1995 · 104 min · Drama · TMDB 8.0/10

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.

Directed by Jocelyne Saab

Cast

Michèle Tyan — Yasmine
Myrna Maakaron — Leila
Khaled El Sayed — Driver
Emile Accar — Monsieur Farouk
Ziad Makhoul — Gardner