
Once Upon a Time in Beirut
Drama
Overview
Two young girls of the war generation, Yasmin and Leila, are in search of Beirut. When they meet an elderly film enthusiast with a secret store of Lebanese films, they persuade him to screen his collection for them. So begins an initiation into the myths and images of Beirut, but the girls want cold figures and facts, war babies indifferent to the memories evoked.
Top Cast
Michèle Tyan
Michèle Tyan
Yasmine
Michèle Tyan
Yasmine
Myrna Maakaron
Myrna Maakaron
Leila
Myrna Maakaron
Leila


Khaled El Sayed
Khaled El Sayed
Driver
Khaled El Sayed
Driver
Emile Accar
Emile Accar
Monsieur Farouk
Emile Accar
Monsieur Farouk
Ziad Makhoul
Ziad Makhoul
Gardner
Ziad Makhoul
Gardner
Pascal Faugeras
Pascal Faugeras
Officer
Pascal Faugeras
Officer
Pierre Chamassian
Pierre Chamassian
Pierre Chamassian
Abou El Abed
Abou El Abed
Abou El Abed
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