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A Civilized People

09/04/1999

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1hr 37min

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Drama

,Comedy

STORY

Lebanese director Randa Chahal Sabbag spins this bleak war drama about the brutal absurdity of the urban warfare of Beirut during the 1980s. Opening with the shocking image of kittens being blown apart, the film loosely follows the travails of Bernadette (Nada Ghosn), a naïve country girl sent to the city as a maid for a mansion long since abandoned by the owners. There she meets Therese (Renee Dick), a veteran house cleaner who takes her under her wing. One day, while accompanying her friend to the cemetery, she meets a rakish Arab militiaman, and the two fall in love.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jalila Baccar
  • Tamim Chahal
  • Myrna Maakaron
  • Carmen Lebbos
  • Sotigui Kouyaté

    Director

  • Randa Chahal Sabbag

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ARTE France Cinéma

    Production Countries

  • France
  • Lebanon

LANGUAGES

  • French

Cast

Jalila Baccar

Viviane

Tamim Chahal

Samir

Myrna Maakaron

Souad

Carmen Lebbos

Najat

Sotigui Kouyaté

Ousmane

Renée Dick

Thérèse

Bruno Todeschini

Antoine

Paul Mattar

The Mad Man

Hassan Mrad

Marwan

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