Jocelyne Saab

The 23-year old Dunia wants to become a dancer in Cairo.

The city of Beirut destroyed in the Civil War, people losing their homes, youngsters holding guns, and buildings in ruins. The camera carefully captures traces of the city, as essayist and poet Etel Adnan's texts depict the sorrow of loss. Saab's poetic and private documentary essay about a Beirut that used to be beautiful, but can no longer be reclaimed. It is the first work of her Beirut trilogy, followed by Letter from Beirut and Beirut, My City. (yidff.jp)

A few days after the Karantina massacre, in a predominantly Muslim slum in Beirut, Jocelyne Saab meets the surviving children, who are marked by the horrific visions of the combat they witnessed. After giving them pens to draw with and inviting them to play under the watchful eye of her camera, the director is faced with a bitter realization: they no longer know any other game than that of war, and it will soon become a profession for them as well.

Portrait d'une grande dame, ministre du gouvernement révolutionnaire sud-vietnamien, le docteur Hoa, dont la vie est un combat etle combat, un bonheur. Elle a connu la prison et le maquis pendant la guerre. Elle raconte son expérience.

In July 1982, the Israeli army besieged Beirut. Four days earlier, Jocelyne Saab sees her house burn and 150 years of family existence go up in smoke. She then takes refuge in questioning: when did this all begin? How did the Beirut people live the siege? Each place will then become a story and each name a memory. (themoviedb)