Meanwhile, In Beirut
Switzerland, 2020
FILM,
Documentary,
50 min.
- directed by
- Felipe Monroy
- Written by
- Felipe Monroy
- Status
- In distribution
Léa is a 30-year-old transsexual who lives in the Hamra quarter of Beirut. Transsexuality is forbidden by law in Lebanon and the transsexual community is subject to constant threat. Thus Léa is relegated to the night's obscurity, to her work as an escort girl, and to the confines of her apartment at the Hotel Stars. A prisoner in her concrete cage, Léa refuses to be broken by the difficulty of her situation and dreams of living like others, like everyone, like those who have the “right to live”. So she has invented her own way of leading her life, a way as close to a “normal” life, to everyone's life, yours and mine, as possible.
credits
- World Premiere
- 2020
- Original Version
- Arabic (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 50 min.
- Production
- Adok Films
- Producer
- José Michel Buhler
- directed by
- Felipe Monroy
- Written by
- Felipe Monroy
- Cinematography
- Felipe Monroy, Thomas Ammann
- Editing
- Gabriel Gonzalez
- Sound Editing
- Daniel Hernandez
- Re-Recording Mix
- Hugo Leitao
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Reservoir Docs
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Adok Films
Distribution
Release date: tba