Wednesday April 17th 2019
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The Lebanon  2017  113 minutes
Director: Ziad  Doueiri
Starring: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Rita Hayek.

An argument between two grownup men would normally be settled quickly and in private. But this is modern-day Beirut, and Tony is a Lebanese Christian whereas Yasser is a Palestinian refugee. The two trade insults over a minor incident, but both become increasingly belligerent and exchange blows. Despite an attempted reconciliation both end up in court. With growing media attention the affair attracts national attention and threatens to spiral out of control. A fascinating- and frightening- tale which is all too believable, set in the imflammable mixture of displaced people and cultural tensions which exist in so many parts of the Middle East today.