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Khalass
(Lebanon, 2007)

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Present Day Beirut, in the midst of chaotic reconstruction. Ahmed and Robby became friends during the war, sharing similar dreams, Ahmed's: poetry and theatre, Robby's: cinema. Both dreamed of a better world. Like many others, they fought for that dream. But they came out of the war with a bitter feeling of betrayal and disappointment. Ahmed works as a columnist for a local newspaper. Robby tries to make ends meet by directing vague video documentaries about the environment, but nobody is interested in them.

 
Lebanon, 2007 / Borhane Alaouie
101 mins