Basic Info
Release: September 04, 1999
Runtime: 97 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.0/10 (2 votes)
Status: Released
A Civilized People
1999
97 min
⭐ 6.0/10
2 votes
Overview
Lebanese director Randa Chahal Sabbag spins this bleak war drama about the brutal absurdity of the urban warfare of Beirut during the 1980s. Opening with the shocking image of kittens being blown apart, the film loosely follows the travails of Bernadette (Nada Ghosn), a naïve country girl sent to the city as a maid for a mansion long since abandoned by the owners. There she meets Therese (Renee Dick), a veteran house cleaner who takes her under her wing. One day, while accompanying her friend to the cemetery, she meets a rakish Arab militiaman, and the two fall in love.
Genres
Drama
Comedy
Production Countries
- France
- Lebanon
Spoken Languages
- French fr
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Cast
Jalila Baccar
Viviane
Tamim Chahal
Samir
Myrna Maakaron
Souad
Carmen Lebbos
Najat
Sotigui Kouyaté
Ousmane
Renée Dick
Thérèse
Bruno Todeschini
Antoine
Paul Mattar
The Mad Man
Hassan Mrad
Marwan
Crew
Randa Chahal Sabbag
Director
Randa Chahal Sabbag
Writer
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