''L'homme voilé'' (also known as ''The Veiled Man'') is a 1987 Lebanese-French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

written and directed by

Maroun Bagdadi Maroun Bagdadi (also Baghdadi; ar, مارون بغدادي, ; January 21, 1950 – December 10, 1993) was a Lebanese film director known for his vivid portrayal of Lebanon's civil war. Bagdadi was internationally the best-known Lebanese filmmake ...

. The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

, where

Bernard Giraudeau Bernard René Giraudeau (18 June 1947 – 17 July 2010) was a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer. Early life He was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a tra ...

received the Golden Ciak for best actor.

Plot

Cast

as Pierre *

Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...

as Kassar *

Laure Marsac Laure Marsac (born 18 February 1970) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1984. Filmography References External links * Actresses from Paris 1970 births Living people French film actresses Most P ...

as Claire * Michel Albertini as Kamal *

Sandrine Dumas Sandrine Dumas (born 28 April 1963) is a French film and stage actress and director. Dumas was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She has appeared in Miloš Forman's '' Valmont'', and Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''The Double Life of Véronique'', among ...

as Julie * Fouad Naim as Kamal's uncle * Sonia Ichti as Kamal's lover * Jonathan Layana as Marouane * Kamal Kassar as Youssef

References

External links

* 1987 drama films 1987 films Films directed by Maroun Bagdadi French drama films Films scored by Gabriel Yared Lebanese drama films 1980s French-language films 1980s French films {{Lebanon-film-stub