The Last Days of Man Tomorrow

DIRECTOR

Fadi Baki

RUN TIME

30 Minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic

YEAR

2017

Country

Lebanon

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Mockumentary, Short

Cast

Jannick Miklitz, Tony Harouni, Romy Melhem

Classification

Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult

Synopsis

A young filmmaker investigates the legend of Manivelle, an automaton gifted to Lebanon in 1945 that still haunts an abandoned mansion in Beirut. After being coaxed back out into the limelight, the people who knew him come forward to speak their mind, and the myth that Manivelle has constructed around himself begins to unravel.

2025 FILMS

31 Aug
Drama Local Short

Puncture

Yussef, a Lebanese migrant, is forced to work at the petrol station on the night...

28 Aug
Drama Opening Night Short

Cargo

Lost in the heart of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley after fleeing the Syrian war, young Abed...

6 Sep
Experimental Short

Tanjara w Ghataha (A Pot and It’s Lid)

Two strangers that cross paths realise that they have been living almost the same life....

11 Sep
Retrospective

Beirut Oh Beirut

Marking its 50th anniversary, Beirut, Oh Beirut returns to the big screen at LFF in...

Scroll to Top