“When the world crumbles, the punchlines hit hardest”
Four darkly funny tales about Lebanon: Activists planning a protest descend into internal strife. Three sisters and their mother argue while an incompetent plumber destroys their flat. Depressed life coach Malek wants to die and seeks help from a «death coach». A stand-up comedian who jokes about a meteor strike that could put Lebanon out of its misery, is blamed when it appears to come true.
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Cast
9 people
Manal Issa
Known for
The Swimmers
Nocturama
Rodrigue Sleiman
Also in
Ghadi
1982
Said Serhan
Known for
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Farah Shaer
Also in
Heaven Without People
Yara Abou Haidar
Also in
The Sea Ahead
Asfouri
Josef Akiki
Also in
How to Shoot a Ghost
Canary in a Coal Mine
Chaker Bou Abdalla
Also in
Fizr
Hanane Hajj Ali
Also in
Return to Haifa
The Sea and Its Waves
Tracy Younes
Known for
The 4th Wall
Wissam Charaf Director · Lucien Bourjeily Director Bane Fakih Director
Budget $1M · First release December 3, 2024 · Produced in Lebanon
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Studio Humbaba
Production
UNBRANDED
Production
Ginger Beirut Productions
Production
Lebanon
Produced in
Languages
Original title
مشقلب
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
United Arab Emirates · December 3, 2024
Theatrical · Limited Release
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
September 6, 2025 · Premiere · Lebanese Film Festival in Australia
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