TERRA INCOGNITA
Beirut today: a city destroyed seven times over and each time reconstructed; a city-construction site; a city that is changing.
One that reflects Soraya, central body of the film, as well as Leyla, Tarek, Nadim and Haïdar. These fragments of life are caught suspended in the present. We don’t dare look back much less imagine a future.
Soraya, with her job as a tour guide, travels the country from one end to the other in the footsteps of ancient civilizations that are sometimes mixed with traces of the recent war. Soraya abandons herself to passing lovers and collects visas.
Leyla weaves between intense mysticism and atheism.
Nadim is an architect reinventing his city, making his contribution to the work of destruction and reconstruction.
Tarek has just returned to Lebanon and wonders
Year of production: 2002
Country: France, Lebanon
Duration: 120
Credits
- Ghassan SALHAB Director
- Ghassan SALHAB Screenplay
- Jacques BOUQUIN Cinematography
- Glady JOUJOU Editing
- Toufic FARROUKH Music
- Rouba ASMAR Production Design
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French Press
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