West Beirut
“Growing up is only half the battle.”
RomanceDramaComedy
In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. A high school student named Tarek is thrilled by all the chaos and upheaval because he no longer needs to go to school. Plus, he finds negotiations between West and East Beirut interesting. Tarek is accompanied by his buddy Omar as the two shoot Super 8 films of the tumult around them. The jovial mood takes a tragic turn when Tarek's parents start fighting over whether or not to flee Beirut.
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A bittersweet, youthful look at growing up amidst chaos. It captures the strange beauty and dark humor of finding adventure and connection when the world is falling apart, all through a hazy, nostalgic lens.
nostalgicwrymelancholicbohemiansteadySuper 8mm aestheticindie dramaslice-of-lifecharacter-drivencoming-of-ageinnocencewarfriendship
civil war1970ssuper 8mm footagelebanese civil warteenage protagonist
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