Broken Keys

DIRECTOR

Jimmy Keyrouz

RUN TIME

110 Minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic

YEAR

2021

Country

United States, Lebanon, France, Cyprus

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Drama, Feature

Cast

Adel Karam, Said Serhan, Sara Abi Kanaan, Badih Abou Chakra, Rola Beksmati

Classification

Exempt from Classification - Recommended MA15+

Synopsis

Trying to leave his war-torn Middle-East neighbourhood, where cigarettes, alcohol and music have been banned, Karim, a musician aspiring to a career in Europe, struggles to rebuild his piano after it was destroyed by a leader of the Islamic State.

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