UNDER THE BOMBS
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TITLE: Under the Bombs
Country: Lebanon
Run Time: 98 minutes
Show Time: 7:15pm Friday
Venue: CAC

MARYLAND PREMIERE
Lebanese official selection for the Academy Awards

During a cease-fire in the Lebanon-Israel conflict of 2006, a Christian taxi driver brings an untraditional Shiite woman from Beirut to the heart of the conflict in the country's south.  While they scour the rubble of local towns for her son, who was sent to live with her traditional family while she was staying with her husband in Dubai, they discover that despite their very different backgrounds they have much in common.  And during their trip through the desolate countryside, the two travelers develop a deep bond as a response to the death striking all around them.

The film was shot entirely on location during the summer of 2006, in the middle of the ruins of war-torn Lebanon. Aractingi only hired two professional actors, the rest are real refugees, journalists, soldiers, etc…, playing themselves.

Director: Philipe Aractingi
Writer: Michel  Léviant
Featuring: Nada Abou Farhat
Featuring: Georges  Khabbaz
Producer: François  Cohen-Séat
Producer: Paul  Raphael
Producer: Philipe Aractingi

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