Phantom Beirut (1998)

Original title

أشباح بيروت

Directed by

Ghassan Salhab

Genre

drama film

Country

Lebanon

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man returns to Beirut years after the civil war. He searches for a missing friend among the city's changed streets and memories.

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What happens

Phantom Beirut (Arabic: أشباح بيروت ashbah bayroot) is a 1998 Lebanese film by the Lebanese director Ghassan Salhab. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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