Carlos Chahine

Carlos (2010)

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Edgar Ramírez  •  Alexander Scheer  •  Alejandro Arroyo  •  Ahmad Kaabour

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Edgar Ramírez  •  Alexander Scheer  •  Alejandro Arroyo  •  Ahmad Kaabour

The Valley (2014)

After surviving a car crash in the middle of Lebanon's isolated Beqaa Valley, an amnesiac man finds himself held hostage on a local farm that doubles as an illegal drug-production facility.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghassan Salhab
CAST:  Carol Abboud  •  Fadi Abi Samra  •  Mounzer Baalbaki  •  Yumna Marwan

After surviving a car crash in the middle of Lebanon's isolated Beqaa Valley, an amnesiac man finds himself held hostage on a local farm that doubles as an illegal drug-production facility.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghassan Salhab
CAST:  Carol Abboud  •  Fadi Abi Samra  •  Mounzer Baalbaki  •  Yumna Marwan

The Insult (2017)

After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ziad Doueiri
CAST:  Adel Karam  •  Kamel El Basha  •  Rita Hayek  •  Christine Choueiri

After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ziad Doueiri
CAST:  Adel Karam  •  Kamel El Basha  •  Rita Hayek  •  Christine Choueiri

Terra incognita (2003)

In Beirut, the destinies of several thirtysomethings (an architect, a tour guide, a mystic, a radio operator, and an exile returned home) collide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghassan Salhab
CAST:  Carol Abboud  •  Abla Khoury  •  Walid Sadek  •  Rabih Mroué

In Beirut, the destinies of several thirtysomethings (an architect, a tour guide, a mystic, a radio operator, and an exile returned home) collide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghassan Salhab
CAST:  Carol Abboud  •  Abla Khoury  •  Walid Sadek  •  Rabih Mroué

The Last Man (2006)

Each morning Beirut awakens to a new murder seemingly committed by a serial killer, with victims found emptied of their blood. At the same time a doctor, Khalil, begins to experience strange symptoms that destabilise him and transform his life. A connection slowly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghassan Salhab
CAST:  Carlos Chahine  •  Faek Homaissi  •  Raïa Haïdar  •  Raymond Hosni

Each morning Beirut awakens to a new murder seemingly committed by a serial killer, with victims found emptied of their blood. At the same time a doctor, Khalil, begins to experience strange symptoms that destabilise him and transform his life. A connection slowly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghassan Salhab
CAST:  Carlos Chahine  •  Faek Homaissi  •  Raïa Haïdar  •  Raymond Hosni

La Danse Éternelle (2004)

Saïd, seventy, has been demoralized by his wife’s illness which has left her hospitalized. He withdraws into solitude and writes poetry to express the infinite love he carries for his beloved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiam Abbass
CAST:  Gamil Ratib  •  Rim Turkhi  •  Carlos Chahine  •  Odile Azagury

Saïd, seventy, has been demoralized by his wife’s illness which has left her hospitalized. He withdraws into solitude and writes poetry to express the infinite love he carries for his beloved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiam Abbass
CAST:  Gamil Ratib  •  Rim Turkhi  •  Carlos Chahine  •  Odile Azagury

Mother Valley (2023)

In 1958, while revolution is rumbling in Beirut, three sisters spend their holidays in an isolated village of Lebanese mountains: rebellious Nada, romantic Eva, and the eldest Layla, a good woman, beloved by everyone. But the war threatens and the sudden entrance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Chahine
CAST:  Nathalie Baye  •  Pierre Rochefort  •  Marilyne Naaman  •  Joy Hallak

In 1958, while revolution is rumbling in Beirut, three sisters spend their holidays in an isolated village of Lebanese mountains: rebellious Nada, romantic Eva, and the eldest Layla, a good woman, beloved by everyone. But the war threatens and the sudden entrance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Chahine
CAST:  Nathalie Baye  •  Pierre Rochefort  •  Marilyne Naaman  •  Joy Hallak

Mother Valley

Layla, a young mother and model wife who spends the summer in the remote Christian mountains. One day she accidentally encounter with a French man this opens Layla's eyes to her condition as a woman living in a patriarchal society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Chahine
CAST:  Marilyne Naaman  •  Joy Hallak  •  Pierre Rochefort  •  Nathalie Baye

Layla, a young mother and model wife who spends the summer in the remote Christian mountains. One day she accidentally encounter with a French man this opens Layla's eyes to her condition as a woman living in a patriarchal society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Chahine
CAST:  Marilyne Naaman  •  Joy Hallak  •  Pierre Rochefort  •  Nathalie Baye