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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Nominations[edit]

Golden Leopard during the 2011 Locarno Film Festival.

Controversy[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "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[edit]

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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