Once Upon a Time in Beirut

Once Upon a Time in Beirut — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 2, 1995
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Jocelyne Saab

Once Upon a Time in Beirut — Cast

M

Michèle Tyan Yasmine

M

Myrna Maakaron Leila Khaled El Sayed Driver

E

Emile Accar Monsieur Farouk

Z

Ziad Makhoul Gardner

P

Pascal Faugeras Officer

P

Pierre Chamassian

A

Abou El Abed