Miguel's war
by Eliane Raheb
1 oct. at 2pm
5 oct. at 1:30pm
Cinéma Le Mondial
Written, Directed and Edited by Eliane Raheb
Cinematography Bassem Fayad
Animation Director Fadi El Samra
Animation Supervisor: Fdz Original
Music: Mazen Kerbaj
Sound Design: Victor Bresse
Sound: Shadi Roukoz, Amanda Villavieja
Art Director: Nader Moussally
Costumes: Anthony Chidiac
Assistant Director: Nadim Hobeika
Line producers: Nermine Haddad, Marta Del Vigo
Producer: Eliane Raheb / ITAR productions
Co-producers: Margot Haiböck, Lissi Muschol / Kabinett Filmproduktion Felipe Lage Coro / Zeitun Films
Video
Born to a conservative Catholic father and a despotic Syrian mother, Michel threw himself into a life of excess during which he had to face the demons of Lebanon, fight in a militia and give in to the horrors of war before going into exile in Spain, where, as Miguel, he became stunned by the post-Franco Movida and finally assumed his homo-sexuality.
This journey into his past is made at the instigation of documentary filmmaker Eliane Raheb, who pushes him to the limit, confronts him with spectres from his past and accompanies him through a painful process of mourning: that of the lost illusions of a bullied little boy who chose to play with fire in order to better rise from his ashes.