Beirut: The Encounter
بيروت اللقاء
Synopsis
Zeina is a Catholic student whose good friend Haidar, a Muslim, has always been particularly close. After a futile attempt to get together (he gets caught in traffic), they each decide to make an audio tape trying to explain, based on their own ideas, why there continues to be fighting in Lebanon now, in 1977, and why they are against it. Zeina is about to leave for the United States and Haidar is to meet her at the airport, where they will exchange their tapes. Alas, fate intervenes because when he arrives early at the airport, he is harassed by someone looking to prey on gullible refugees and he gets so angry that he grabs a taxi out of there, throwing his tape away as he does so. When Zeina arrives and realizes he is not there, she is broken-hearted.
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Beirut the Encounter (Beirut al lika) | Clip | Berlinale 2022
Type: Clip • Published 2022-03-09
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- Director
- Borhane Alaouié
- Screenplay & Story
- Ahmed Beydoun
- Original Title
- بيروت اللقاء
- Country of Origin
- Belgium, Lebanon, Tunisia
- Spoken Languages
- Arabic
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Production Studios
- Etablissement Arabe de Production Cinématographique (EAPC), Ciné Libre
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Borhane Alaouié
Ahmed Beydoun
Alexis Grivas, Charles Van Damme
Eliane Du Bois
Hassen Daldoul
Department Leadership Roster
Borhane Alaouié
Director
Ahmed Beydoun
Writer
Eliane Du Bois
Editor
Alexis Grivas
Director of Photography
Charles Van Damme
Director of Photography
Hassen Daldoul
Producer
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What is Beirut: The Encounter about?
Zeina is a Catholic student whose good friend Haidar, a Muslim, has always been particularly close. After a futile attempt to get together (he gets caught in traffic), they each decide to make an audio tape trying to explain, based on their own ideas, why there continues to be fighting in Lebanon now, in 1977, and why they are against it. Zeina is about to leave for the United States and Haidar is to meet her at the airport, where they will exchange their tapes. Alas, fate intervenes because when he arrives early at the airport, he is harassed by someone looking to prey on gullible refugees and he gets so angry that he grabs a taxi out of there, throwing his tape away as he does so. When Zeina arrives and realizes he is not there, she is broken-hearted.
Who directed Beirut: The Encounter?
Beirut: The Encounter was directed by Borhane Alaouié.
Who stars in Beirut: The Encounter?
The principal cast of Beirut: The Encounter includes Haithem el Amine, Nadine Acoury, Najoua Haydar, Houcem Sabbah, Renée Dick.
When was Beirut: The Encounter released and how long is it?
Beirut: The Encounter was released in 1981 with a total runtime of 1h 37m.