West Beyrouth (UK)

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Review of West Beyrouth
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"A totally infectious first film" - Harpers & Queen
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 110 mins
Retail Price: £15.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
An uplifting rights-of-passage tale set against the war torn city of Beirut in 1975. A city split in two by opposing factions, East Beirut is Christian controlled and West Beirut is Muslim. All of this has a dramatic effect on the life of Tarek, a teenager at school, and his parents. His father is determined to stay, whilst his mother is desperate to leave.

Armed with their Super-8 camera Tarek and his friend Omar run amok in the bombed-out streets of the war torn city. Sometimes they are joined on these dangerous excursions by a beautiful young Christian girl, May. These adventures take them all over the ravaged city, each one adding to their experience of life.

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