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In The Shadows Of The City
directed by Jean Chamoun, fl. 1991-2007; performed by Ammar Chalak, fl. 2000, Christine Choueiri, fl. 2000-2010 and Majdi Machmouchi, fl. 1991-2012 (Lebanon: Privately Published), 1 hour 43 mins
Twelve-year-old Rami moves from South Lebanon to Beirut with his family, to escape the Israeli bombings. In the city, he becomes fast friends with a few local children, including his neighbor, Yasmine, whom he falls in love with. However, the horrors of war catches up with him, when the civil war erupts. His fr...
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directed by Jean Chamoun, fl. 1991-2007; performed by Ammar Chalak, fl. 2000, Christine Choueiri, fl. 2000-2010 and Majdi Machmouchi, fl. 1991-2012 (Lebanon: Privately Published), 1 hour 43 mins
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Twelve-year-old Rami moves from South Lebanon to Beirut with his family, to escape the Israeli bombings. In the city, he becomes fast friends with a few local children, including his neighbor, Yasmine, whom he falls in love with. However, the horrors of war catches up with him, when the civil war erupts. His friend is murdered in cold-blood, he gets separated from Yasmine, when her family moves away to escape the war and his father gets kidn...
Twelve-year-old Rami moves from South Lebanon to Beirut with his family, to escape the Israeli bombings. In the city, he becomes fast friends with a few local children, including his neighbor, Yasmine, whom he falls in love with. However, the horrors of war catches up with him, when the civil war erupts. His friend is murdered in cold-blood, he gets separated from Yasmine, when her family moves away to escape the war and his father gets kidnapped by the militia. Despite his opposition to violence and warfare, Rami finds himself signing up to be a militia fighter for a different faction, in a bid to find his father. He meets Siham, a young mother whose husband had been kidnapped. In spite of the obstacles in her way, she is determined to find her husband. When his fellow militia fighters capture a prisoner and decide to kill him, Rami has to make a choice between his humanity and his allegiance to his faction, in a war that has pitted him against his own friend. Awards/Festivals: Prix Special de Jury, Cannes Junior International Film Festival; Best Film, Al Andalos Satellite, Mediterranean Film Festival; Special Distinction Award, Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia; Best Lebanese Feature Film, Beirut Media Festival, 2004.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Ammar Chalak, fl. 2000, Christine Choueiri, fl. 2000-2010, Majdi Machmouchi, fl. 1991-2012
Author / Creator
Jean Chamoun, fl. 1991-2007, Ammar Chalak, fl. 2000, Christine Choueiri, fl. 2000-2010, Majdi Machmouchi, fl. 1991-2012
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Civil war
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000 Used by permission of Mai Masri.
Country of Origin
Lebanon
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