XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
1976 marks the beginning of Beirut’s calvary. With a child’s eyes the filmmaker follows for six months the daily destruction of the city’s walls. Every morning, between 6 and 10am she roams around Beirut while the militia from both sides rest from their night of fighting.
Jocelyne Saab is a filmmaker and a photographer. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Beirut. In less than thirty years, Jocelyne Saab directed thirty documentaries that were awarded prizes in European and international festivals.