Movies: Rabih Mroué

  • 2021
    Memory Box

    Memory Box (2021)

    Memory Box

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    Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia, from 13 to 18 years old, sent from Beirut to her best friend who left for Paris to esc...

    Memory Box
  • 2008
    I Want to See

    I Want to See (2008)

    I Want to See

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    July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine Deneuve and a friend, actor and artist Rabih Mroue;, on the roads of South Lebanon. Together, they will drive through the regions devastated by the c...

    I Want to See
  • 2003
    Ashes

    Ashes (2003)

    Ashes

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    Nabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on respecting rites and customs by burying a non-existent corpse....

    Ashes
  • 2010
    Everyday Is a Holiday

    Everyday Is a Holiday (2010)

    Everyday Is a Holiday

    4.82010HD

    It's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the country. Traveling through an arid landscape littered with mines and decapitated dreams, the journey ...

    Everyday Is a Holiday
  • 1998
    Beirut Phantom

    Beirut Phantom (1998)

    Beirut Phantom

    5.81998HD

    Late in the 1980s it seems like the Lebanese conflict will never end. Khalil returns to Beirut after many years. Ten years earlier, during a battle, he took advantage of the confusion and pretended he was dead....

    Beirut Phantom
  • 2003
    Terra incognita

    Terra incognita (2003)

    Terra incognita

    62003HD

    In Beirut, the destinies of several thirtysomethings (an architect, a tour guide, a mystic, a radio operator, and an exile returned home) collide....

    Terra incognita
  • 2000
    Objects of War

    Objects of War (2000)

    Objects of War

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    ‘Objects of War’ is a series of testimonials on the Lebanese war. Each person chooses an object, ordinary or unusual, which serves as a starting point for his / her story. These testimonials while helping to create a collective memory, also show the ...

    Objects of War
  • 2007
    Posthumous

    Posthumous (2007)

    Posthumous

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    Following on from the 2006 Israeli aggression on Lebanon, the filmmaker tries to film the destruction of Beirut. We witness a city deserted by life, and ghostly characters who, featured in his earlier films, talk about living through such a war....

    Posthumous
  • 2006
    With Soul, With Blood

    With Soul, With Blood (2006)

    With Soul, With Blood

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    This is followed by Mroué’s video With Soul With Blood (2003-2006), in which the artist ruminates about being part of a crowd while struggling to remain an individual during one of the demonstrations following the still-unsolved 2005 assassination of...

    With Soul, With Blood
  • 2001
    Rounds

    Rounds (2001)

    Rounds

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    Rounds is a video featuring Rabih Mroué, filmed steering through the streets of the city. Beirut is mentioned, evoked through the driver’s stories and through sound, but never seen, invisible in overexposed whiteness. However, the presence of Beirut ...

    Rounds
  • 2020
    Cheers to Our Wishes

    Cheers to Our Wishes (2020)

    Cheers to Our Wishes

    02020HD

    A video with 5 movements, about fading wishes, about plagues and dreams, about loneliness and absence....

    Cheers to Our Wishes
  • 2012
    The Pixelated Revolution

    The Pixelated Revolution (2012)

    The Pixelated Revolution

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    Syria, 2011. In the streets, right in front of the eyes of the entire world, men are shot down and film their own deaths. Images of a revolution. Revolution of the image. A captivating theatrical lecture....

    The Pixelated Revolution
  • 2002
    Face A / Face B

    Face A / Face B (2002)

    Face A / Face B

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    Face A / Face B is an autobiographical journey spanning from the artist’s childhood to the present, in the context of the Lebanese civil war. The video includes photographs, voice, melodies and historical data, in a story that explores aspects such a...

    Face A / Face B
  • 2004
    On Three Posters

    On Three Posters (2004)

    On Three Posters

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    This film originated from a multi-media performance called Three Posters, conceived and staged by Mroué and the Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, and first performed in Beirut in 2000. The performance centred on an unedited tape made by Jamal al-Sati, ...

    On Three Posters