Synopsis
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: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her underwear as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.
Release: West Beirut 1999 NF WEB-DL DDP2 0 x264-ASCE
General: mkv | 1.23 GB | 01:45:33
Video: 1540 Kbps | 720×480 (16:9) | 25.000 fps | V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Audio 1: E-AC-3 at 128 Kbps | 2 channels | 48 Khz | (Arabic)
Files inside archive: mkv, url (total 2 files)Language: Arabic
Subtitles (Softcoded): English, Arabic, French
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