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A Civilized People

A Civilized People

Drama, Comedy

1h 37m

September 4, 1999 (26 years ago)

Overview

Lebanese director Randa Chahal Sabbag spins this bleak war drama about the brutal absurdity of the urban warfare of Beirut during the 1980s. Opening with the shocking image of kittens being blown apart, the film loosely follows the travails of Bernadette (Nada Ghosn), a naïve country girl sent to the city as a maid for a mansion long since abandoned by the owners. There she meets Therese (Renee Dick), a veteran house cleaner who takes her under her wing. One day, while accompanying her friend to the cemetery, she meets a rakish Arab militiaman, and the two fall in love.

ActorAge thenAge now
Jalila Baccar

Jalila Baccar

Viviane

Birthday: -

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Tamim Chahal

Tamim Chahal

Samir

Birthday: -

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Myrna Maakaron

Myrna Maakaron

Souad

Birthday: -

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Carmen Lebbos

Carmen Lebbos

Najat

Birthday: February 12, 1963

3662
Sotigui Kouyaté

Sotigui Kouyaté

Ousmane

Birthday: July 19, 1936

63 April 17, 2010 (73)
Renée Dick

Renée Dick

Thérèse

Birthday: -

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Bruno Todeschini

Bruno Todeschini

Antoine

Birthday: September 19, 1962

3662
Paul Mattar

Paul Mattar

The Mad Man

Birthday: -

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Hassan Mrad

Hassan Mrad

Marwan

Birthday: -

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