Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

DIRECTOR

Cyril Aris

RUN TIME

87 minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic/French with English Subtitles

YEAR

2023

Country

Germany, Lebanon

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre
Cast

Mounia Akl

Classification

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

Synopsis

In the wake of Beirut’s devastating August 4th, 2020 explosion, a film crew grapples with a crucial decision: continue shooting their film amid chaos or succumb to the spreading crises? “Dancing on the Edge of the Volcano” captures their fierce determination to make films in a broken city.

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