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| Director: Ziad Doueiri
Actors: Rami Doueiri, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin, Carmen Lebbos, Joseph Bou Nassar
Studio: New Yorker Video
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 2139
Format: Color, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1567302327
UPC: 717119749132
EAN: 9781567302325
ASIN: B00005ALOX
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Release Date: April 24, 2001
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 Innocense lost and real life sadness August 10, 2003
Ammar Al-Sagban (New Zealand)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This movie was amazing and when I watched it back in 1999, it really moved me. Eversince then I had begun to appreciate movies as forms of communication and not just hollywood entertainment. It was raw and real. As a Kiwi-Arab, I truly can relate to this, and recommend to all estranged Arabs as well as anyone interested in Arab society. i am only sad that I can't find anymore movies he had directed.
 Love and despair in a country torn to pieces May 5, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great performances, excellent cinematography and a touching war story full of themes of love and despair. Another movie I recommend is "Underground": a war tale of 50 turbulent years in Yugoslavia.
EXCELLENT - A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!! May 18, 2003
Mhellerman (Lincoln, NE USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Summary: EXCELLENT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is a WONDERFUL movie, it is a historical glimpse on Lebanon, 1975, through the eyes of a teenager. If (usually) U.S. citizens ask themselves "how can "those people" live in "those countries"? This is the perfect answer to it. When you have a LIFE, FRIENDS, FAMILY, when you don't believe that things can be changed, when life is LIKE THAT, you accept things that you cannot change. The protagonist (EXCELLENT actor Rami Doueiri) goes through life as a happy go lucky teenager, used to living under such political changes, but untouched by them. In this movie of "coming of age", you can follow him in his seamless transition into adulthood: the realization of what life has became. PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS MOVIE - IT IS A MUST SEE - from any angle that you may want to look at it. You will gain different undertanding of things that you probably had before, if you are not a citizen from Lebanon, watch it and learn something.
THERE IS HOPE February 22, 2003
Boris Zubry (Princeton, NJ United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
How many of us, Americans, have been exposed to foreign cinematography? Or, let us narrow the question. How many of us, Americans, have been exposed to cinematography from the Muslim countries? Not too many. And, basically, we have very little knowledge and understanding of this area of art. I was fortunate to view over my lifetime maybe a dozen of films from Egypt, Syria, Turkey and Iran. Let me tell you, I did not waste my time. It was worth it.This time I came across of the movie called "West Beirut". I am not going to tell you a story. It is up to you to see it. One family and three young friends take almost all of it. War. Christians and Muslims fight each for reasons not too many can understand. Palestinians shoot in all directions killing everyone in sight. Muslim religious fractions fight each other for the power. Israel is forces to enter the civil war in order to protect the own borders. One family and three young friends are in the thick of it. Pain, sadness and the unforgettable Middle Eastern humor make thin film to stand out and to be noticeable. It is well written and filmed, and well acted as well, of cause, considering the budget and the locations limitations. I enjoyed it so much believing that this part of the world was not lost for civilization and these people one day soon would raise again as a great nation.
Shrewd comdey March 20, 2004
Yasmine (Montreal , Canada)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is about the beginning of the civil war in beirut . The director did a great job portraying the life of teenagers , parents , and common people during this period. I had tears in my eyes while i was watching the movie... because i was laughing so hard. Ziad doueiri gathered a brilliant cast , that didnt need to act a role but rather paraphrase their lives in the movie. This movie is one the happiest dramas you can watch, and it will give you true insight on how it is to grow during wartime .
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