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West Beirut |
| Ziad Doueiri |
| 3B Productions/La Sept Arte, 2001, 105 min., VHS. |
| Captures the sociopolitical climate during the early days of the Lebanese Civil War with remarkable accuracy and subtlety. The film is not a history lesson, but rather zooms in on the texture of daily life in Beirut in 1975. Telling the story of wartime Lebanon through the eyes of teenagers allows Doueiri to focus on the fundamentally disorienting experience of living in a splintering society. The film also proves that humor can be an indispensible tool for survival. Winner of International Critics Prize at the Toronto International Film Fesitval and the Directors Fortnight at Cannes. |
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