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West Beirut

Cast

Rami Doueiri, Naamar Sahli, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin View All

Crew

Ziad Doueiri (Director), Ziad Doueiri (Writer) View All

Release: Sep. 1st, 1998

Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes

In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. A high school student named Tarek is thrilled by all the chaos and upheaval because he no longer needs to go to school. Plus, he finds negotiations between West and East Beirut interesting. Tarek is accompanied by his buddy Omar as the two shoot Super 8 films of the tumult around them. The jovial mood takes a tragic turn when Tarek's parents start fighting over whether or not to flee Beirut.

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0 Beirut

Not a review but this is a pretty solid film starring Jon Hamm about Beirut in during their civil war, but I swear early in the film I heard a Wilhelm Scream, which seemed out of place....

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