BEYROUTH VILLE OUVERTE (Liban, 2007)


Couleur – 90’
Directio : Samir Habchi
Screenplay: Samir Habchi
Director of Photography: Milad Tauk
Sound : Fady Saad
Music: Jamal Abu Elhossen
Editing: Tony Partamian
Cast: Khaled El Nabawi, Cyrine Abd Ennour, Rodney Al Haddad
Production: MISR INTERNATIONAL FILM



Synopsis

An American flag flies at the head of a convoy of five identical jeeps heading straight for the city. At the rear, there is a man brandishing a heavy machine gun. A camera captures the scene… Khaled’s camera. And thus begins the story…Khaled is a young filmmaker who lives in Lebanon in the midst of reconstruction after years of war. But peace isn’t at the height of the dreams of its citizens. He takes his camera through Beirut, filming his vision of the city, capturing the people and the reflections of a way of life. Through the film he wants to make, cinema, imagination and reality met.


Le réalisateur

Samir Habshi was born in Lebanon in 1961. He received his degree in direction from the State Theatre Institute in Karpenkokari, Ukraine. He directs fiction, television series and documentaries, and teaches cinema. His credits include “ Meshwar” (2001) and “Sayidat EL-Kasr” (2003).


Contact

Gabriel Khoury
MISR INTERNATIONAL FILM
35, rue Champollion, Le Caire, Egypte
Tél. : + 202 257 400 20 /+ 202 257 880 38
Fax : + 202 257 880 33
mif@starnet.com.eg - www.misrinternationalfilms.com