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In the Shadow of Beirut

📅 2023 ⭐ 8.0 🕐 92 min DE DE
IMDb tt21936526 TMDB 1128116 Official Site
Documentary

The Sabra and Shatila quarters are part of the Lebanese capital Beirut, which was rocked by a violent explosion in 2020, plunging Lebanon into the worst economic crisis in its history. In the poor districts, once provisionally built for Palestinian refugees, the residents live at a subsistence level without papers, without civil rights, without prospects. The documentary weaves the stories of the three families Kujeyje, Daher, Abeed and that of the young father Aboodi Ziani into a searing portrait of life in a city on the brink. The filmmakers accompanied their protagonists over a four-year period between 2018 and 2022 and show how the poorest of the poor firsthand felt the consequences of the gigantic port explosion, Lebanon's historic economic crisis, the corona pandemic and the ever-growing refugee quota. But unmistakable qualities like resilience and hope allow them to survive.

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Crew
Director Garry Keane Director Stephen Gerard Kelly Editor Iseult Howlett Executive Producer Celine Haddad Executive Producer Chelsea Clinton Executive Producer Hillary Clinton Executive Producer Johnny Webb Executive Producer Siobhan Sinnerton Original Music Composer David Holmes Original Music Composer Tim Harries Producer Alison Toomey Producer Brendan J. Byrne Producer Christian Beetz Producer Myriam Sassine Writer Garry Keane Writer Stephen Gerard Kelly
Production
ARTE
DE
Abbout Productions
LB
Beetz Brothers Film Production
DE
Cyprus Avenue Films
GB
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
IE
HiddenLight Productions
GB
Real Films
IE
Rialtas na hÉireann (Government of Ireland)
ZDF
DE
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