MAROUN RETURNS TO BEIRUT
Genre
Documentary
Language
VOSTA
Duration
156
Rating
About
THE LEBANESE FILM FESTIVAL IN CANADA
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Maroun Baghdadi's sudden and tragic death. Maroun, a Lebanese filmmaker who wrote and directed films during the Lebanese civil war and contributed to documentary and fiction filmmaking from 1973 up until his death in 1993. In this film, the director Feyrouz Serhal embarks on a day trip in Beirut, she navigates the city that profoundly shaped Maroun’s journey in life and cinema, and she encounters close individuals who shared his experiences. And while she traverses Maroun’s life and career, the social and political backdrop moves to the foreground. The film reflects on the last 50 years of the history of the country from a present standpoint. Through Maroun’s story, we perceive how cinema can, beautifully and dramatically, portray our stories and discourses our life events.
“Maroun Returns to Beirut” is a film about Maroun Baghdadi, about Beirut, and about cinema.
Directed by
Feyrouz Serhal
Actors
Hassan Daoud Fawwaz Traboulsi, Souraya Khoury Baghdadi, Elie Adabachi, Joana Hadjithomas, Rana Eid, Michel Kammoun, Eliane Raheb, Hady Zaccak, Raja Zgheib
Country
Lebanon, Qatar
Version
Original w/English subtitles
Release year
2024