1998 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award Winner
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West Beirut
Ziad Doueiri
In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: …