Synopsis
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
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Cast
- Adel KaramTony Hanna
- Kamel El BashaYasser Abdallah Salameh
- Diamand Abou Abboud
- Rita HayekShirine Hanna
- Christine ChoueiriManal Salameh
- Talal JurdiTalal
- Camille SalamehWajdi Wehbe
- Julia KassarJudge Colette Mansour
- Rifaat TorbeySamir Geagea
- Carlos ChahineJudge Chahine
Recommandations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A highly political movie that's also a personal story of two men going head-to-head while the women around them are left to pick up the pieces, this gorgeously shot and classily acted feature might be a reel too long but is nonetheless a fascinating piece of work. - 80
Wall Street Journal
It’s weighed down by symbolic significance, yet powerful and instructive all the same, with a few flickerings of black comedy. - 75
The Film Stage
How Joelle Touma’s script progresses is heavy-handed in its desire to augment the tensions and provide justifications, but it’s still powerful nonetheless. - 70
Screen Daily
The film also has plenty to say about male stubbornness and the casual misogyny that lurks behind the apparent equality of Lebanese society. - 70
The New York Times
There is something undeniably exhilarating about the film’s honest assessment of the never-ending conflict between decency and cruelty that rages in every nation, neighborhood and heart. - 67
IndieWire
While it doesn’t quite justify the sprawling courtroom antics or the blunt metaphor they entail, the movie nevertheless provides a profound look at the effect of historical trauma on modern Lebanese society. - 63
Slant Magazine
Ziad Doueiri's film is well acted and staged with periodic liveliness, but its earnestness grows wearying. - 60
CineVue
The film can't be faulted for its attempt to argue for some kind of humane kinship and reconciliation, even if this attempt ends up dissolving the enmity in a sentimentality that, given what has come before, strains credibility.
