Martyr (2018)
Overview
A young man's tragic death at Beirut's seaside causes his friends to grapple with loss and to partake in his community's rites and ceremonies, exposing the city's schisms and its society's fault lines
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ar |
| Popularity | 0.1775 |
Directed By
Mazen Khaled
Crew
Mazen Khaled
Rachelle Noja
Yehya El Masri
Zeid Hamdan
Fadi Nasereddine
Talal Khoury
Diala Kashmar
Vartan Avakian
Victor Bresse
Jad Abou Abdo
Angelo Beani
Khodor Sbeity
Hassan Kamrani
Belal Hibri
Barbara van Lombeek
George Cassab
Minerva Chbeir
Vladimir Kurumilian
Mikaël Barre
Bshara Atallah
Haera Slim
Ibrahim El Masir
Bilal Jaber
Omar Jarko
Jeff Khoury
Wissam Barakat
Radwan El Sabeh
Fadi Farran
Yara Ajami
Firas Kweiss
Ali Chahrour
Hassan Sakr
Chrystel Elias
Ali Hamad
Michel Atallah
Jamal Kassem
Bshara Atallah
Alaa Hmadeh
Victor Bresse
Nassib El-Mourabet
Espinar Gabriel
Rabih El Ahmar
Gloria Tawk
Sarah Calderon
Mossaad Kassem
Victor Bresse
Gloria Tawk
Malek Hosni
George Estephan
Alaa Hmadeh
Mazen Khaled
Sebastien Leclercq
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