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Once Upon a Time in Beirut

Once Upon a Time in Beirut

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1995

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

كان ياما كان في بيروت

Production Companies

Aleph Production

Director

Jocelyne Saab

Description

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.