Beirut Hotel

Beirut Hotel
Beirut Hotel
	Poster used in Locarno Film Festival
Directed by	Danielle Arbid
Written by	Danielle Arbid; Percy Kemp; Vincent Dieutre;
Starring	Darine Hamze; Fadi Abi Samra; Charles Berling;
Cinematography	Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille
Release date	4 August 2011 (Film Festival Locarno);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Lebanon
Languages	Arabic; French; English;

Beirut Hotel (Arabic: بيروت بالليل, romanized: Beirut bel layl, French: Beyrouth Hôtel) the third long feature film by Lebanese director Danielle Arbid, is a 2011 Lebanese film. The film premiered during the 2011 Locarno International Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

One evening, a married young singer Zoha meets the French lawyer Mathieu in a night club in Beirut. Mathieu will become suspected of spying, while Zoha is trying to flee from her husband. Despite these problems, the two will witness a love story for few days mixed with violence and fear.

Cast

Darine Hamze as Zoha
Rodney El Haddad as Hicham
Charles Berling as Mathieu
Karl Sarafidis as Rabih
Fadi Abi Samra as Abbas

Nominations

Golden Leopard during the 2011 Locarno Film Festival.

Controversy

The movie was banned from viewing in Lebanon due to mentioning the Hariri assassination in the plot.^[2]

References

^ "Festival del Locarno". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
^ "La censure fait à nouveau des siennes : Le film" Beirut Hotel " de Danielle Arbid interdit de projection | À la Une | l'Orient-Le Jour". www.lorientlejour.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

External links

Beirut Hotel at IMDb

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[Locarno-1] "Festival del Locarno". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-09-04.

[2] "La censure fait à nouveau des siennes : Le film" Beirut Hotel " de Danielle Arbid interdit de projection | À la Une | l'Orient-Le Jour". www.lorientlejour.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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