Cilama

DIRECTOR

Hady Zaccak

RUN TIME

89 minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic with English Subtitles

YEAR

2024

Country

Lebanon

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Documentary

Cast

Mayez Al Adhamy, Samer Annous, Georges Chamchoum

Classification

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

Synopsis

Cilama is a lyrical documentary that traces the golden age of cinema in Tripoli, where over thirty movie theatres once brought the city to life from the 1930s to the end of the 20th century. Through rare archival footage and personal testimonies, the film reconstructs the memory of a bygone era, capturing the cultural soul of a city where cinema was once its heartbeat.

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