People hold on to the memory of their cities, and vice versa. Post-war, modern Beirut and its people have lost its anchors in an oblivious relationship. Vacant luxury stores and overpriced, unoccupied apartments have made the rebuilt city a costly monument of vanity, commodified heritage, and social-delusion.
Barakat
DIRECTOR
Manon Nammour
RUN TIME
14 Minutes
LANGUAGE
Arabic
YEAR
2019
Country
Lebanon
English Subtitles
Yes
Genre
Drama, Short
Cast
Mounir Maasri, Camile Salameh, Rudy Ghafari
Classification
Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult
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