Lebanon Cultural Events

Every summer, crowds of people cross the sea between France and Algeria, mainly between Marseilles and Algiers, a motley crew of men and women laden with suitcases and stories.

At sea, you are no longer in France and not yet in Algeria. And vice versa. In this state of limbo, between two shores and two countries, the talk comes thick and fast, often out of necessity. In this strange enclosed world on board a ship, La Traversée shows these men and women who relate their stories.

An investigative documentary that takes us behind the scenes to reveal the genesis of, and the stakes involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein. During fifteen months, Jean-Pierre Krief, the director, led the inquiry in Iraq, Jordan, the United States, and elsewhere, interviewing the Iraqi Special Tribunal judges, Hussein’s defense lawyers, victims and their lawyers, high-ranking U.S. administration officials, investigators, and experts involved in the trial.
This unique investigation uses documents, testimony, and images that have never been seen before in an attempt to clarify the shady areas that surround the most talked about trial of contemporary times.

How did the Iraqi Special Tribunal come to be set up? What role did the American administration play in its setting up and operating?

Playing Friday, Oct 5, 8:30pm at Metropolis Art Cinema, Masrah el Madina (Hamra)

For more information: www.metropoliscinema.net or call 03-793065

Fee: 3000LL 

BARAKAT ! (Enough!)

Algeria/ France - 2006
Direction: Djamila Sahraoui
Screenplay: Djamila Sahraoui, Cucile Vargafting
Camera: Katell Dijan
Editing: Catherine Gouze
Sound: Olivier Schwob
Music: Alla
Cast: Rachida Brani, Fettouma Bouamari, Zahir Bouzrar, Malika Belbey
Format: 35 mm
Time: 90 min.
Original Version: Arabic


Synopsis
In an Algeria which is still the victim of fundamentalist fanaticism, two women who very much remind us of Thelma and Louise set off in search of the younger woman’s husband, kidnapped because of his courageous articles. Their journey, full of danger and discovery, will also allow the two friends to get to know each other better and accept their respective generational differences.

Playing on Thu, Oct 4, 8:30pm - 9:30pm
At: Metropolis Art Cinema, Masrah el Madina (Hamra)
For more information: www.metropoliscinema.net or call 03-793065
Fee: 3000LL