CinemaOSMovie · 1975 · 1h 15m

Lebanon in a Whirlwind

60%(3)IMDbDocumentary

A few months after the incident of April 13, 1975, during which Palestinian civilians were machine-gunned by Phalangist militiamen, the toll is most tragic: six thousand dead, twenty thousand wounded, incessant kidnappings, a semi-destroyed capital. This film traces the origins of the Lebanese conflict, the perception of a society that goes to war while singing. A unique document on the Lebanese civil war. Beyond the religious war, the painting of a social and political reality that has not changed much, more than four decades later.

Directed byJocelyne Saab, Jörg Stocklin

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 15m
Language
FR
Released
July 1, 1975
Studios
France•3

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Le liban dans la tourmente (B.A.)

Le liban dans la tourmente (B.A.)

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2 credited
Starring
Jocelyne Saab

Jocelyne Saab

Self (uncredited)

Etel Adnan

Etel Adnan

Self

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Directed by
Jocelyne Saab
Jocelyne Saab
Jörg Stocklin
Produced by
Jocelyne Saab
Jocelyne Saab
Jörg Stocklin

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