Merely a Smell
In four long takes, like a haiku in black and white, we enter the rubble of a country following the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict. Without ever looking death in the face, the absence of life shows itself over the course of clues appearing in the no man’s land of a battered Beirut. In silent, frozen time, the film subtly refers to the spectator’s imagination in alluding to death.
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Maher Abi Samra Director
First release September 14, 2007 · Produced in France, Lebanon
Production
Les Films d'Ici
Production
France · Lebanon
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Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Lebanon · September 14, 2007
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