Lebanon in Turmoil by Jocelyne Saab

A few months after the 13th April 1975 events, the toll of victims is most tragic: six thousand dead, twenty-thousand injured, constant abductions and a half-destroyed capital. This film recounts the origins of the Lebanese conflict and the perception of a society which sings while going off to the war. It is a unique document about the Lebanese civil war. Beyond the war of religion, it depicts the social-political reality which has not much changed, 43 years later.

This screening is part of the Jocelyne Saab Month at Dar El-Nimer, organised in collaboration with MACAM and curated by Mathilde Rouxel

1975 | 1h 15min
Language: French with Arabic Subtitles.