A Letter from Beirut
A Letter from Beirut

Movie·1978·0h 50m

A Letter from Beirut

Directed By

Jocelyne Saab

Country

Lebanon

Language

Arabic

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The Story

Original title: Lettre de Beyrouth

Letter from Beirut documents the filmmaker's return to Beirut during one of the lulls, three years after the outbreak of the civil war, animated by the urge to return. She is confronted by the physical, emotional and psychological ravages of the war, terrified and sorrowful, she cannot find her place in the city. In that quest, she communicates with everyday people, friends, neighbors, people riding the bus across the city's eastern and western flanks. To pace her journeying and dramatic unraveling of the film, Saab borrows the guise of a letter read in a voice-over, written by world-renowned poet Etel Adnan. A rare document from the civil war, Letter from Beirut lays bare and spontaneously how people make sense of their everyday in the midst of chaos, violence, terror and sorrow.

Written By

Etel Adnan

Cinematography

Olivier Guéneau

Editor

Philippe Gosselet

Production House

France•3

Audience Score

68%

3 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

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Region: BR

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// cast

Cast

Jocelyne Saab

Jocelyne Saab

Self

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat

Self - Chef de l'OLP

// crew

Crew

Jocelyne Saab

Jocelyne Saab

Director

Etel Adnan

Etel Adnan

Writer

Olivier Guéneau

Olivier Guéneau

Director of Photography

Philippe Gosselet

Editor

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