Summaries

Lina, a young girl in war-torn Beirut, finds an ally and friend in Sihan, her domineering aunt's maid. Sihan shows Lina what her life could be like, but tests the girl's limits when she asks her to help plot her escape from the city.

Beirut, 1982. The secretive and ingenuous life of Lina, twelve, revolves around Siam, her aunt's Syrian maid, aged eighteen. The little girl decides to watch over the older one. She helps organize her romantic rendezvous, defends her interests - Yet she remains virtually invisible in the eyes of the maid and, in the eyes of her family, notably her destructive, reckless and gambling-addicted father. In an uncertain daily environment, that of war, passion and frustration, Lina attempts to reach out to the adult world, yet remains untamed.—Happy_Evil_Dude

Details

Keywords
  • beirut lebanon
  • gambling debt
  • christian lebanese
  • pulling tablecloth and dishes off table
  • bombing of city
Genres
  • Drama
  • War
Release date Dec 28, 2004
Countries of origin Germany France Belgium Lebanon
Language Arabic
Filming locations Hadath, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Production companies Versus Production Quo Vadis Cinéma Taxi Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
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