BARAKAT
BARAKAT
Synopsis
People hold the memory of their cities, and vice versa. After-war modern Beirut and its people have lost their anchors towards a memoryless relationship. Vacant luxury stores and overpriced unoccupied apartments have made the rebuilt city a costly monument of vanity, commodified heritage, and social-delusion.
Info
Year: 2019
Country: Lebanon
Type: Fiction
Duration: 13:58
Formats: DCP, H264, ProRes
Spoken language: Arab
Subtitles: English
Team
Director: Manon Nammour
Screenwriter: Manon Nammour
Producer: Nicolas Khabbaz
Cinematographer: Pauline Maroun
Editor: Ornella Maalouf
Sound designer: Cedric Kayern
Music composer: Cedric Kayern
Set designer: Manon Nammour
Costume designer: Elsa Andraos
Make-up artist: Elsa Andraos
Cast: Mounir Maasri, Camile Salameh, Rudy Ghafari, Christina Choueiry
Director's Bio
Manon Nammour is a Lebanese director and production designer, graduated with a degree in filmmaking from Notre Dame University (NDU) Lebanon. Her film, On the Ropes was officially selected in the 69th Locarno film festival in the Pardi Di Domani competition, Dubai International Film Festival and Tampere Film Festival along with other selections. In December 2018, Manon was selected as one of the five Arab Stars of tomorrow an initiative by Screen International UK and Dubai International film festival that encourages young talents from the region to develop their professional career. Barakat Manon’s latest short film is officially selected at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival.
Director's Filmography
Barakat (2019, short)
On the Ropes (2016, short)
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