Lebanon in a Whirlwind
Released: July 1, 1975Runtime: 75 minLanguage: FR
A few months after the incident of April 13, 1975, during which Palestinian civilians were machine-gunned by Phalangist militiamen, the toll is most tragic: six thousand dead, twenty thousand wounded, incessant kidnappings, a semi-destroyed capital. This film traces the origins of the Lebanese conflict, the perception of a society that goes to war while singing. A unique document on the Lebanese civil war. Beyond the religious war, the painting of a social and political reality that has not changed much, more than four decades later.
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Khalil El Khoury
as Self - Ex ministre
Chaker Abou Sleiman
as Self - Président de la Ligue Maronite extrême droite chrétienne
Pierre Gemayel
as Self - Chef des Phalanges
Samir Frangie
as Self - Journaliste gauche
Etel Adnan
as Self - Poète
Charbel Kassis
as Self - Supérieur de l'Ordre des moines libanais
Kamal Joumblatt
as Self - Leader de la Gauche druze
Moussa Al Sadr
as Self - Imam chiite
Bassem El Jisr
as Self - Historien sunnite
Fawwaz Traboulsi
as Self - Membre bureau politique O.A.C.L.
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