Lebanon, 1982. To keep a promise made to an old friend, Georges, an idealistic theater director, travels to Beirut for a project as utopian as it is risky: to stage the play Antigone on the front line, in order to steal a moment of peace from the raging civil war. The characters will be played by actors from different political and religious camps. Lost in a city and a conflict he knows nothing about, Georges is guided by Marwan. As fighting resumes, everything is soon called into question, and Georges, who falls in love with Imane, has to face up to the reality of war.
David Oelhoffen
Director
Laurent Lafitte
Georges
Simon Abkarian
Marwan
Manal Issa
Imane
Tarek Yaacoub
Nakad
Bernard Bloch
Sam Akounis
Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver
Amie Pro-Palestinienne
Joël Delsaut
Mari de Isabelle
Véronique Fauconnet
Isabelle
Elsa Rauchs
Infirmière
Tarek Bachacha
Chirgurgien à Ghaza
Renée Ghosh
Femme de Marwan
The accountant in question is Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), who’s neurodivergent. We know this because at a dating event, he bores women with tax advice. He also places his breakfast foods in neat stacks and has no friends.
Considering the runtime, I expected each scene to hit harder as opposed to a series of montages and vignettes.
An anti-war film denouncing the valorization of senseless violence, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' is (unfortunately) all too relevant in 2022.
Two young girls meet in the same neighborhood unexpectedly as they embark on a new adventure using their imaginations as this movie brings strong representation among women.