''Tramontane'' ( ar, ربيع, Rabīʿ,

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) is a 2021 Lebanese

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directed by

Vatche Boulghourjian ''The Fifth Column'' ( hy, Հինգերորդ Զօրասիւն , lit=Hinkerort Zorasune) is a Lebanese-American short film, directed by Vatche Boulghourjian. The film depicts an atmosphere of desperation in the Armenian quarter Bourj Hammoud, a s ...

. It premiered in the

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section of the

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where it was awarded the Grand Rail d'Or Audience Award.

Plot

A young man who is visually impaired has decided to discover where he was born and his origin. He travels across Lebanon, where he gathers some minor clues of his actual identity.

Cast

* Barakat Jabbour as Rabih * Julia Kassar as Samar * Toufic Barakat as Hisham * Michel Adabachi as Wissam * Abido Bacha as Mounir * Odette Makhlouf as Hana * Georges Diab as Nabil

Reception

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website

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, the film holds an approval rating of 86% based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 5.6/10.

References

External links

* 2016 films 2016 drama films 2016 directorial debut films French drama films Qatari drama films Emirati drama films 2010s Arabic-language films Films about blind people Lebanese drama films 2010s French films {{2010s-drama-film-stub