Falafel (film) explained

Falafel
Starring:Elie Mitri
Gabrielle Bou Rached
Said Serhan
Issam Bou Khaled
Michel El Hourany
Hiam Abou Chedid
Fadi Abi Samra
Rafic Ali Ahmad
Roger Assaf
Director:Michel Kammoun
Runtime:83 minutes
Country:Lebanon
Music:Toufic Farroukh
Cinematography:Muriel Aboulrouss
Language:Arabic
Producer:Roy films (Lebanon)
Ciné-Sud Promotion

Falafel (Arabic: فلافل) is a 2006 Lebanese film written and directed by Michel Kammoun. It world premiered on September 16, 2006 at the Ayam Beirut Festival.[1] Falafel is Kammoun's first feature film, and was produced by Elle Kensington.

Synopsis

A summer evening in Beirut. The life of Toufic, a young Lebanese man, and his nightly strolls. Between his family, friends and love affairs, he tries to seize every day of his life, through pleasures and entertainment. For him, every second is the most important. Soon he discovers that having a normal life, in this country, is a luxury. 15 years after the war had ended, a volcano is lying dormant on every street corner, like a time-ticking bomb that is ready explode… This night will be pivotal in the life of the young man.

Cast

Reception

Deborah Young of Variety called it "An easy intro to new Lebanese cinema... chronicling the country's post-civil war emptiness with a light touch as it zaps between playful clowning and edge-of-violence darkness."[2]

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Awards

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beirut DC . 2008-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071016140601/http://beirutdc.org/template.php?menu=3&temp=6&table=subsection&id=19&EF=Festival&EF2=7&EF3=19 . 2007-10-16 . dead .
  2. Web site: 5 January 2007 . Young . Deborah . Falafel . .
  3. Web site: Festival International du Film Francophone : Palmarès 2006 . 2008-01-19 . https://archive.today/20130115032522/http://www.fiff.be/xml/OFF__fiche-IDC--IDD-6027-.html . 2013-01-15 . dead .
  4. Web site: First Annual Muhr Awards Recognizes Top Arab Talent . Dubai International Film Festival 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017163707/http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/en/media-center/press-room/press-releases/first-annual-muhr-awards-recognizes-top-arab-talent.html . 2007-10-17 . dead .
  5. Web site: XXVIII Mostra de Valencia - Cinema del Mediterrani . 2008-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080802034016/http://www.mostravalencia.com/index.php?destino=Premios . 2008-08-02 . dead .