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The Insult
L'insulte
Directed by
Ziad Doueiri
Produced by Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat, Julie Gayet, Antoun Sehnaoui, and Nadia Turincev
Written by Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma
Produced by Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat, Julie Gayet, Antoun Sehnaoui, and Nadia Turincev
Written by Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma
With:
Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Diamand Bou Abboud, Rita Hayek, Talal El-Jordi, Christine Choueiri, Julia Kassar, Rifaat Torbey, and Carlos Chahine
Cinematography:
Tommaso Fiorilli
Editing: Dominique Marcombe
Music: Éric Neveux
Editing: Dominique Marcombe
Music: Éric Neveux
Runtime:
112 min
Release Date: 14 September 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 14 September 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
A minor dispute leads to the inflammation of an entire nation. Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri lacks Iranian Asghar Farhadi’s ability to explore national cultural identity via the microcosm of a domestic dispute, but he's got it over Americans like Paul Haggis, George Clooney, and Tony Gilroy.