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Prologue [Réal: Raed & Rania Rafei ]

Prologue [Réal: Raed & Rania Rafei ]
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 49 (in minutes)

In 1974, a year before the start of the Lebanese civil war, the country witnessed massive protests by student and labour unions. In March of that year, amid deep divisions along social, political and ideological lines, a group of student activists rebelled against the administration of the American University of Beirut.

Directors: Raed & Rania Rafei
[49', Colour/Black & White, Arabic with English Subtitles, 2011]
Cast: Firas Abdallah, Nassim Arabi, Rita Hodroj, Rawan Kashmar, Maarouf Mawloud, Sandra Njeim, Yusri Al Shami (alias Molotov), Nizar Suleiman, Assaad Thebian - Image: Nadim Saoma - Sound: Fadi Tabbal & Stéphane Rives (Tunefork Recording Studios)

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