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    Unique ID Code: 0000007673
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    Added on: 2/8/2000 14:29
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    West Beyrouth (UK)

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    "A totally infectious first film" - Harpers & Queen
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 110 mins
    Retail Price: £15.99
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    Synopsis:
    An uplifting rights-of-passage tale set against the war torn city of Beirut in 1975. A city split in two by opposing factions, East Beirut is Christian controlled and West Beirut is Muslim. All of this has a dramatic effect on the life of Tarek, a teenager at school, and his parents. His father is determined to stay, whilst his mother is desperate to leave.

    Armed with their Super-8 camera Tarek and his friend Omar run amok in the bombed-out streets of the war torn city. Sometimes they are joined on these dangerous excursions by a beautiful young Christian girl, May. These adventures take them all over the ravaged city, each one adding to their experience of life.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Cast & Crew Filmographies

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Letterbox 1.78:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 Lebanese

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English

    Directed By:
    Ziad Doueiri

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Joseph Bou Nassar
    Carmen Lebbos
    Rola Al Amin
    Mohamad Chamas
    Rami Doueiri

    Soundtrack By:
    Stewart Copeland

    Director of Photography:
    Ricardo Jacques Gale

    Editor:
    Dominique Marcombe

    Production Designer:
    Hamze Nasrallah

    Producer:
    Jean Bréhat
    Rachid Bouchareb

    Distributor:
    Metrodome

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