THE FOURTH WALL

By David Oelhoffen
2024, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, 1h56
Starring : Laurent Lafitte, Manal Issa, Simon Abkarian, Bernard Bloch

 

Screenplay : David Oelhoffen, Catherine Stragand · Based on the novel of the same name by Sorj Chalandon
Cinematography : Guillaume Deffontaines
Music : Tom Gatti, Jérôme Reuter
Setting : Hussein Baydoun, Christina Schaffer
Costumes : Magdalena Labuz
Film editing : Sandie Bompar
Production : Christine Rouxel (Eliph Productions), Maya Hariri (Rhamsa Productions)
Coproduction : Move Movie (France), Amour Fou (Luxembourg), Panache Productions (Belgium)

 

Synopsis
Lebanon, 1982. To keep a promise made to an old friend, Georges goes to Beirut to staged Antigone with actors from different communities. Lost in a city and a conflict he doesn't know, he finds love and has to face up to the reality of war. A dizzying adaptation of Sorj Chalandon's novel.