Beirut, nineteen years after the civil war. Fares, once a militant New Lebanon Party member, now tries to keep his equally fervent son on the rails. With ex-colleagues, he lays a trap. Oppressive, convincingly acted story about the aimlessness of violence.
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Arena
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Le début de l’hiver
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Sundown
Charming and moving drama about rite of passage of thirteen-year-old boy living on Rhodes, who sees his experiment with a stray cat get out of…
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 31'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
