Beautiful Beirut / produced by Torben Smidt Hansen and Directed by Georg Larsen.

Copenhagen, Denmark : Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2007.

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To Westerners, Beirut immediately brings to mind stereotypical images of shattered walls, veils and Kalashnikov rifles. But the film Beautiful Beirut depicts a much more varied Lebanon, seen through the eyes of two young, modern, Lebanese women. Through these two young women, the film draws a different portrait of Lebanon and Beirut than those usually presented in news stories about fighting, civil war and the activities of the Hizbollah movement. Beautiful Beirut depicts a country and a city that, despite being marked by years of civil unrest and the recent war with Israel, also represents a modern and complex melting pot of Western and Middle Eastern, modernity and traditionalism, with 18 different religious persuasions, a vibrant cultural scene, technological know-how and plenty of fashion stores and expensive cars.

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November 15, 2019

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