Once Upon a Time in Beirut

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Michèle Tyan Yasmine

Myrna Maakaron Leila

Khaled El Sayed Driver

Emile Accar Monsieur Farouk

Ziad Makhoul Gardner