Miguel's War (2021)
- Original title
- La Guerre De Miguel
- Directed by
- Eliane Raheb
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Lebanon, Germany, Spain
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rating
- 2.7 of 10 from 3 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.
How it feels
A documentary follows a gay Lebanese man living in Spain under an assumed name. He revisits childhood traumas that drove him to leave his homeland.
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What happens
Miguel's War is a 2021 internationally co-produced documentary film, directed by Eliane Raheb and released in 2021. The film is a portrait of Michel Jleilaty, a gay man from Lebanon who has been living in Spain as an adult under the assumed name Miguel Alonso, as he revisits the childhood traumas that made him want to escape his homeland. The film premiered in the Panorama program at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-themed feature film, and took second place for the Panorama Audience Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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