
Jocelyne Saab
Lettre de Beyrouth (Letter from Beirut)
Courtisane: Out of the Shadows
52'
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1987
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Dialogue:
Arabic, French
Director:
Jocelyne Saab
Three years after the beginning of the civil war in Lebanon, Jocelyne Saab returns to a Beirut that has irrevocably
changed.
Three years after the beginning of the civil war in Lebanon,
Jocelyne Saab returns to a Beirut that has irrevocably changed, where she wanders the streets, rides buses, chats with refugees and peacekeepers, and reflects on the war’s toll during a brief moment of peace.
Jocelyne Saab returns to a Beirut that has irrevocably changed, where she wanders the streets, rides buses, chats with refugees and peacekeepers, and reflects on the war’s toll during a brief moment of peace.
“I feel that a film should be able to envelop the spectators
in the atmosphere. In Letter from Beirut, I wanted to show how abnormal things become normal. And I had recourse to a game of notations on the characters because I believe that, very often, the gestures of everyday life have more weight than political declarations.”
in the atmosphere. In Letter from Beirut, I wanted to show how abnormal things become normal. And I had recourse to a game of notations on the characters because I believe that, very often, the gestures of everyday life have more weight than political declarations.”
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Director
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Dialogue
Arabic, French
Countries of production
Lebanon, France
Year
1987