

Words change everything.
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Adel KaramTony Hanna
- Kamel El BashaYasser Abdallah Salameh
- Diamand Abou AbboudNadine Wehbe
- Rita HayekShirine Hanna
- Christine ChoueiriManal Salameh
- Talal JurdiTalal
- Camille SalamehWajdi Wehbe
- Julia KassarJudge Colette Mansour
- Rifaat TorbeySamir Geagea
- Carlos ChahineJudge Chahine
Crew
- Ziad DoueiriDirector
- Ziad DoueiriWriter
- Joelle ToumaWriter
- Tommaso FiorilliDirector of Photography
- Éric NeveuxOriginal Music Composer
- Dominique MarcombeEditor
- Rachid BoucharebProducer
- Julie GayetProducer
- Antoun SehnaouiProducer
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