''Beirut Hotel'' ( ar, بيروت بالليل, translit=Beirut bel layl, french: Beyrouth Hôtel) the third long feature film by Lebanese director

Danielle Arbid Danielle Arbid (born 26 April 1970) is a French filmmaker of Lebanese origin. She has been directing films since 1997. Her work has been selected for numerous film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto FF, New York FF, San Francisc ...

, is a 2011 Lebanese film. The film premiered during the 2011 Locarno International Film Festival.

Plot

One evening, a married young singer Zoha meets the French lawyer Mathieu in a night club in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

. Mathieu will become suspected of spying, while Zoha is trying to flee from her husband. Despite these problems, the two will witness a love story for few days mixed with violence and fear.

Cast

Darine Hamze Darine Hamze ( ar, دارين حمزة) is a Lebanese actress, director and producer. She has been working in film, television and theatre since 2001 in The Middle East and Europe. Hamze won the Best Actress Award in Oran International Film ...

as Zoha * Rodney El Haddad as Hicham *

Charles Berling Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Charles Berling, son of a navy doctor, is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard. His mother, Nadia, "only daughter of (French) se ...

as Mathieu *

Karl Sarafidis Karl Sarafidis, is a French philosopher of Greek and Lebanese origin. Doctor in philosophy, holder of the Agrégation, he taught at Paris-East Créteil University, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and at the French University College (Mosc ...

as Rabih * Fadi Abi Samra as Abbas

Nominations

Golden Leopard The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be ...

during the 2011 Locarno Film Festival.

Controversy

The movie was banned from viewing in Lebanon due to mentioning the Hariri assassination in the plot.

References

External links

* 2011 films 2010s Arabic-language films 2010s French-language films 2011 romantic drama films French romantic drama films Swedish romantic drama films Films set in Lebanon French spy films Swedish spy films Lebanese drama films 2011 multilingual films Lebanese multilingual films Films directed by Danielle Arbid 2010s French films 2010s Swedish films {{Lebanon-film-stub