Les petites guerres (1982)

Lebanon, 1975. How Tahal, an affluent young man becomes a warlord ; how Soraya, the girl he leaves behind, tries to help him in abducting a businessman ; how Nabil, a press photographer ... See full summary »

Director:

Maroun Bagdadi

Writers:

Maroun Bagdadi, Kamal Kassar (dialogue)

Stars:

Soraya Khoury, Nabil Ismaïl, Roger Hawa

Cast

Cast overview:
Soraya Khoury	...	Soraya
Nabil Ismaïl	...	Nabil
Roger Hawa	...	Talal
Reda Khoury	...	La mère de Talal
Youcef Hosni	...	L'oncle de Soraya
Rifaat Tarabay	...	Selim

Storyline

Lebanon, 1975. How Tahal, an affluent young man becomes a warlord ; how Soraya, the girl he leaves behind, tries to help him in abducting a businessman ; how Nabil, a press photographer deals drugs under the cover of the civil war and poses as the hero he aspires to be but is not at all...

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

France Lebanon

Language:

French Arabic

Release Date:

9 February 1983 (Georgia)

Also Known As:

Little Wars

Filming Locations:

Beyrouth, Lebanon

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color Color (Fujicolor)

User Reviews

Valuable as a document. Poor as a movie.

This is indisputably a film of interest. Indeed Maroun Bagdadi courageously undertakes to shoot this sincere movie in the middle of the bloody civil war that rages out in his motherland, Lebanon. And his stance is all the more commendable as it is far from an easy one : isn't his approach to criticize and denounce those among his compatriots who have started this horrible conflict out of sheer self-interest and cynicism ? The trouble is that "Petites Guerres" has not bloomed into a Lebanese "I accuse" but has resulted in a boring,muddled ghost of a movie. I tried very hard to understand, held on bravely but I must confess that I figured out neither the motivations nor the behaviors of the ectoplasm's characters. It may simply be because I am French and I don't have all the clues or isn't it because Bagdadi aimed too complacently at being arty ? Whatever the case may be, I didn't like the confused story, the opaque characters and the brooding actors. And I just hate having to admit it.is