Documentary · Lebanon · 1986 · 50m

War Generation - Beirut

بيروت: جيل الحرب

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Director
Mai MasriJean Khalil Chamoun
Cast
Crew
Mai Masri — Writer Jean Khalil Chamoun — Writer
Tagline

In Beirut, children grow up on the barricades and soon trade their toy pistols for real machine guns.

Synopsis

War Generation - Beirut explores the lives, dreams and fears of three generations of young people living in the heart of the civil war in Lebanon. This seminal work from Jean Chamoun and Mai Masri remains one of the most powerful anti-war documents of the period.

Mood & Themes
woman directorlebanese civil warwarbeirut
Key Collaborators
Mai Masri Director Jean Khalil Chamoun Director Mai Masri Writer Jean Khalil Chamoun Writer
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