The Insult
“Words change everything.”
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
13 people
Adel Karam
Tony Hanna
Known for
Caramel
Perfect Strangers
Kamel El Basha
Yasser Abdallah Salameh
Known for
Culprits
Palestine 36
Diamand Abou Abboud
Nadine Wehbe
Known for
In Syria
Perfect Strangers
Rita Hayek
Shirine Hanna
Known for
Meet the Barbarians
Christine Choueiri
Manal Salameh
Also in
Ghadi
Taif Al-Madina
Talal Jurdi
Talal
Known for
Carlos
Camille Salameh
Wajdi Wehbe
Also in
A Sad and Beautiful World
Safar Barlik
Julia Kassar
Judge Colette Mansour
Also in
Solitaire
A Sad and Beautiful World
Rifaat Torbey
Samir Geagea
Also in
All Roads Lead to Rome
Carlos Chahine
Judge Chahine
Known for
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Inhuman Resources
Georges Daoud
Georges Hanna
No other roles listed
Elie Njeim
Elie
Known for
Circumstance
The 4th Wall
Ziad Doueiri Director · Joelle Touma Writer Éric Neveux Composer
Worldwide gross $1M · Budget $3M · United States release January 12, 2018
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,001,305
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Ezekiel Films
Production
Rouge International
Production
Tessalit Productions
Production
SCOPE Pictures
Production
Douri Films
Production
France · Lebanon · Belgium · Cyprus · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Insulte
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Italy · August 31, 2017
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Lebanon · September 14, 2017
Theatrical
United States · January 12, 2018
Limited theatrical
Austria
October 28, 2017 · Digital
Brazil
February 8, 2018 · Theatrical
Canada
February 2, 2018 · Limited theatrical
Denmark
August 2, 2018 · Theatrical
France
January 31, 2018 · Theatrical
Germany
October 25, 2018 · Theatrical
Greece
April 12, 2018 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 1, 2018 · Theatrical
Italy
December 6, 2017 · Theatrical
Japan
August 31, 2018 · Digital
Lithuania
March 15, 2018 · Limited theatrical · VIFF Kino pavasaris
Netherlands
January 25, 2018 · Limited theatrical · International Film Festival Rotterdam
February 15, 2018 · Theatrical
Spain
March 16, 2018 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 27, 2018 · Theatrical
Switzerland
February 21, 2018 · Digital
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