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
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ar |
| Popularity | 1.208 |
Directed By
Mazen Khaled
Crew
Mazen Khaled
Fadi Nasereddine
Talal Khoury
Wissam Barakat
Radwan El Sabeh
Rachelle Noja
Zeid Hamdan
Diala Kashmar
Vartan Avakian
Vladimir Kurumilian
George Cassab
Fadi Farran
Mikaël Barre
Victor Bresse
Gloria Tawk
Ibrahim El Masir
Victor Bresse
Haera Slim
Espinar Gabriel
Belal Hibri
Firas Kweiss
Bilal Jaber
Omar Jarko
Jeff Khoury
Gloria Tawk
Bshara Atallah
Yara Ajami
Ali Hamad
Angelo Beani
Khodor Sbeity
Victor Bresse
George Estephan
Ali Chahrour
Bshara Atallah
Alaa Hmadeh
Mossaad Kassem
Rabih El Ahmar
Nassib El-Mourabet
Jad Abou Abdo
Alaa Hmadeh
Yehya El Masri
Hassan Sakr
Jamal Kassem
Sarah Calderon
Chrystel Elias
Minerva Chbeir
Barbara van Lombeek
Michel Atallah
Malek Hosni
Hassan Kamrani
Mazen Khaled
Sebastien Leclercq
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