West Beirut

Year: 1998

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: Arabic

Director: Ziad Doueiri

DramaComedyRomance

Growing up is only half the battle. In 1975, as the Lebanese civil war erupts, childhood friends Tarek and Omar find their lives shattered by the conflict. When they attempt to cross the city’s dividing line from West to East—where Muslim and Christian neighborhoods meet—their loyalties and survival are tested amid escalating violence.

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