Once Upon a Time in Beirut
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Two young girls of the war generation, Yasmin and Leila, are in search of Beirut. When they meet an elderly film enthusiast with a secret store of Lebanese films, they persuade him to screen his collection for them. So begins an initiation into the myths and images of Beirut, but the girls want cold figures and facts, war babies indifferent to the memories evoked.
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Cast
13 people
Michèle Tyan
Yasmine
Myrna Maakaron
Leila
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Dominique Auvray
Jocelyn Saab
Philippe Paringaux
Khaled El Sayed
Driver
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Al Hayba
Ninja Boy
Isabelle Dedieu
Roland-Pierre Paringaux
Emile Accar
Monsieur Farouk
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Ziad Makhoul
Gardner
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Pascal Faugeras
Officer
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Pierre Chamassian
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Zafafian
Jocelyne Saab Director · Philippe Paringaux Writer Roland-Pierre Paringaux Writer
First release January 2, 1995 · Produced in Argentina, France, Germany, Lebanon · Languages Arabic, French
Production
Aleph Production
Production
Arte
Production
Aleph Producciones S.A.
Production
Argentina · France · Germany · Lebanon
Produced in
Languages
Original title
كان ياما كان في بيروت
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Lebanon · January 2, 1995
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
November 11, 1996 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Germany
April 11, 1995
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