A Civilized People (1999)
Lebanese director Randa Chahal Sabbag spins this bleak war drama about the brutal absurdity of the urban warfare of Beirut during the 1980s. Opening with the shocking image of kittens being blown apart, the film loosely follows the travails of Bernadette (Nada Ghosn), a naïve country girl sent to the city as a maid for a mansion long since abandoned by the owners. There she meets Therese (Renee Dick), a veteran house cleaner who takes her under her wing. One day, while accompanying her friend to the cemetery, she meets a rakish Arab militiaman, and the two fall in love.
Director: Randa Chahal Sabbag
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Jalila Baccar as Viviane |
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Tamim Chahal as Samir |
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Myrna Maakaron as Souad |
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Carmen Lebbos as Najat |
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Sotigui Kouyaté as Ousmane |
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Renée Dick as Thérèse |
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Bruno Todeschini as Antoine |
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Paul Mattar as The Mad Man |
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Hassan Mrad as Marwan |
| Directing | Randa Chahal Sabbag | Director |
| Writing | Randa Chahal Sabbag | Writer |
| Sound | Ziad Rahbani | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Roby Breidi | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ricardo Jacques Gale | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Gale Breidi | Director of Photography |
