Falafel (film)
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| Falafel | |
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| Directed by | Michel Kammoun |
| Written by | Michel Kammoun |
| Produced by | Roy films (Lebanon) Ciné-Sud Promotion |
| Starring | Elie Mitri Gabrielle Bou Rached Said Serhan Issam Bou Khaled Michel El Hourany Hiam Abou Chedid Fadi Abi Samra Rafic Ali Ahmad Roger Assaf |
| Cinematography | Muriel Aboulrouss |
| Music by | Toufic Farroukh |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Language | Arabic |
Falafel (Arabic: فلافل) is a 2006 Lebanese film written and directed by Michel Kammoun. It world premiered on September 16, 2006, at the Ayam Beirut Festival.[1] Falafel is Kammoun's first feature film, and was produced by Elle Kensington.
A summer evening in Beirut. The life of Toufic, a young Lebanese man, and his nightly strolls. Between his family, friends and love affairs, he tries to seize every day of his life, through pleasures and entertainment. For him, every second is the most important. Soon he discovers that having a normal life, in this country, is a luxury. 15 years after the war had ended, a volcano is lying dormant on every street corner, like a time-ticking bomb that is ready to explode. This night will be pivotal in the life of the young man.
Cast
- Elie Mitri (Toufic)
- Gabrielle Bou Rached (Yasmin)
- Said Serhan
- Issam Bou Khaled (Abboudi)
- Michel El Hourany (Nino)
- Aouni Kawas (Jo)
- Hiam Abou Chedid
- Rafic Ali Ahmad
- Roger Assaf
- Fadi Abi Samra
- Maryann Capasso
- Nate Lord
- Gregory Funaro (Niru Meeting)
- Joanna Grigas
- Darren Greaney (the Green Machine)
- Christian Velud (himself)
Reception
Deborah Young of Variety called it "An easy intro to new Lebanese cinema... chronicling the country's post-civil war emptiness with a light touch as it zaps between playful clowning and edge-of-violence darkness."[2]
- Reviews
- Cinebel (Belgium)[permanent dead link]
- Euromedcafe
- Filmstart (Germany) Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Flickfilosopher (USA)
- Kino-zeit (Germany)
- Le Monde (France)
- Les Inrocks (France)
- Liberation (France)
- Mulderville (France) Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
- NewYorkCool (USA) Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Screen International (UK)[dead link]
- ""Falafel" por David López - Festivales - Séptimo Vicio, cine y ocio inteligente". Septimovicio.com (in Spanish). 2007-06-11.
- The Australian (Australia)[dead link]