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With: Rami Doueiri, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin
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Written by: Ziad Doueiri
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Directed by: Ziad Doueiri
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MPAA Rating: NR
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Language: Arabic, French with English subtitles
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Running Time: 105
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Date: 09/01/1998
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The War at Home
By Jeffrey M. Anderson West Beirut is a fascinating, loosely told story of three teens, Tarek (Rami Doueiri), Omar (Mohamad Chamas), and May (Rola Al Amin) living in Beirut in 1975.Their city has been torn in half by war; East Beirut is controlled by theChristians, and West Beirut is run by the Muslim militia. Our heroes live in WestBeirut and, with school closed indefinitely, they find an odd new freedom therethat is tainted by war, running around making Super 8 movies and trying not toget shot. The actors were all once street kids in real life, and they're allamazing to watch. They ooze charisma and honesty. Lebanon-born Ziad Doueiri, who worked on all of Quentin Tarantino's films from Reservoir Dogs (1992) to Jackie Brown (1997) makes his directorial debut with this movie. His film has an easy, lyrical feel, and I grew to like its characters very much. It thankfully avoids most of the obvious war movie clichés and growing-up scenes, and moves along like a groovy disco record.
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