Beirut Hotel
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2011 Lebanese film
| Beirut Hotel | |
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| Poster used in Locarno Film Festival | |
| Directed by | Danielle Arbid |
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| Cinematography | Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Lebanon |
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Beirut Hotel (Arabic: بيروت بالليل, romanized: Beirut bel layl, French: Beyrouth Hôtel) the third long feature film by Lebanese director Danielle Arbid, is a 2011 Lebanese film. The film premiered during the 2011 Locarno International Film Festival.[1]
Plot
[edit ]One evening, a married young singer Zoha meets the French lawyer Mathieu in a night club in Beirut. Mathieu will become suspected of spying, while Zoha is trying to flee from her husband. Despite these problems, the two will witness a love story for few days mixed with violence and fear.
Cast
[edit ]- Darine Hamze as Zoha
- Rodney El Haddad as Hicham
- Charles Berling as Mathieu
- Karl Sarafidis as Rabih
- Fadi Abi Samra as Abbas
- Hussein Mokadem as Le cousin d'Abbas
- Karim Saleh as Tony
- Joseph Saklameh as Agent de l'oncle
Nominations
[edit ]- Golden Leopard during the 2011 Locarno Film Festival.
Controversy
[edit ]The movie was banned from viewing in Lebanon due to mentioning the Hariri assassination in the plot.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Festival del Locarno". Archived from the original on 2012年03月18日. Retrieved 2011年09月04日.
- ^ "La censure fait à nouveau des siennes : Le film" Beirut Hotel " de Danielle Arbid interdit de projection | À la Une | l'Orient-Le Jour". www.lorientlejour.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
External links
[edit ]- Beirut Hotel at IMDb
Categories:
- 2011 films
- 2010s Arabic-language films
- 2010s French-language films
- 2011 romantic drama films
- French romantic drama films
- Swedish romantic drama films
- Films set in Lebanon
- French spy films
- Swedish spy films
- Lebanese drama films
- 2011 multilingual films
- Lebanese multilingual films
- Films directed by Danielle Arbid
- 2010s French films
- 2010s Swedish films
- Lebanese film stubs