Once Upon a Time in Beirut 1995

Two young girls of the war generation, Yasmin and Leila, are in search of Beirut. When they meet an elderly film enthusiast with a secret store of Lebanese films, they persuade him to screen his collection for them. So begins an initiation into the myths and images of Beirut, but the girls want cold figures and facts, war babies indifferent to the memories evoked.

Cast

Michèle Tyan

Myrna Maakaron

Khaled El Sayed

Emile Accar

Ziad Makhoul

Pascal Faugeras

Pierre Chamassian

Abou El Abed