Once Upon a Time in Beirut

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.

Director: Jocelyne Saab

Cast: Michèle Tyan, Myrna Maakaron, Khaled El Sayed, Emile Accar, Ziad Makhoul, Pascal Faugeras, Pierre Chamassian, Abou El Abed

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.